Device and method for monitoring process data in road finishing

• US 10,544,550 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2019
• Issued: 01/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Moba Mobile Automation Ag
• Original Assignee: Moba Mobile Automation Ag
• Inventors: Watermann, Marcus, Becher, Dominik
• Primary Examiner(s): Lieu, Julie B
• Application Number:
  US16/296,365
• Publication Number:
  US 20190203429A1
• Time in Patent Office: 326 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 23/07 Apparatus combining measurement of the surface configuration of paving with application of material in proportion to the measured irregularities measuring means only E01C23/01 G01B
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 7/00 Coherent pavings made in situ specially adapted for playgrounds or sports grounds E01C13/06; for footpaths, sidewalks or cycle tracks E01C15/00
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 9/001 Paving elements formed in situ; Permanent shutterings therefor removable shutterings E01C19/502; moulding machines therefor E01C19/508; Inlays or reinforcements which divide the cast material in a great number of individual units reinforcement girders which do not break the cohesion of the covering material E01C11/16, E01C11/185
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/182 Level alarms, e.g. alarms responsive to variables exceeding a threshold
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices

Abstract

A wearable computer is used for monitoring process data in road finishing. The wearable computer receives process data of the road finishing process. In the event of process data lying outside a predetermined range, the wearable computer effects alerting of the wearer of the wearable computer.

Claims

1. A system, comprising

a road finisher located at a construction site where a road finishing is performed,

a mixing plant where a material for the road finishing is produced,

a transporter located at the construction site, at the mixing plant or therebetween;

and

a device for monitoring process data in road finishing, wherein

the device includes a wearable computer, the wearable computer connected to the road finisher, to the mixing plant, and to the transporter so as to receive the process data from the construction site where the road finishing is performed, from the place of manufacture where the material for road finishing is produced, and from one or more positions located between the place of manufacture and the construction site, and

the wearable computer configured to effect alerting of the wearer of the wearable computer in the event that process data lie outside a predetermined range.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wearable computer is configured to present the process data to a wearer of the wearable computer.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, comprising:

a computer located at the construction site and configured to receive process data for a plurality of parameters of the road finishing,

the computer and the wearable computer each comprising a wireless communication module, and

the computer being configured to enable the wearer of the wearable computer to select at least one parameter from the plurality of parameters of road finishing and to effect transmission of the process data of the selected parameter to the wearable computer.

4. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the computer is configured to communicate, via the wireless communication module, with one or more construction machines and/or with one or more construction vehicles and/or with one or more sensors so as to receive the process data.

5. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the computer comprises a control computer of a construction machine, of a construction vehicle or of a sensor.

6. The system as claimed in claim 3, comprising:

a central computer arranged at a distance from the construction site and the place of manufacture and comprising a mobile radio module so as to establish a terrestrial or satellite-based mobile radio link between one or more construction machines and/or one or more construction vehicles and/or one or more sensors and the central computer,

the computer comprising a mobile radio module so as to effect a terrestrial or satellite-based mobile radio link with the central computer so as to acquire the process data via the central computer.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wearable computer is configured to effect visual alerting and/or acoustic alerting and/or tactile alerting.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wearable computer is configured to effect a vibrating alert.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wearable computer comprises a data watch, or an augmented-reality display device, or eyeglasses, or a head-up display.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the wearable computer comprises a camera,

the wearable computer being configured to send an image, taken by the camera, of a construction machine, of a construction vehicle or of a sensor from which the process data is to be received, to a computer via the wireless communication module,

the computer being configured to identify the unit depicted in the received image, to request process data for at least one selected parameter from the identified unit, and to send the process data for the selected parameter to the wearable computer, via the wireless communication module, for presentation to the wearer of the wearable computer.

11. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wearable computer is configured to enable the wearer to perform an input, in response to the alert, so as to control the road finishing process such that the process data returns to the predetermined range.

12. A method, comprising

connecting a wearable computer to a road finisher located at a construction site where a road finishing is performed, a mixing plant where a material for the road finishing is produced, and to a transporter located at the construction site, at the mixing plant or therebetween;

receiving, by the wearable computer, the process data from the construction site where the road finishing is performed, from the place of manufacture where the material for road finishing is produced, and from one or more positions located between the place of manufacture and the construction site;

monitoring the process data; and

alerting the wearer of the wearable computer in the event that process data lie outside a predetermined range.

13. A non-transitory digital storage medium having a computer program stored thereon to perform, when said computer program is run by a computer, a method comprising:

receiving, by a wearable computer, process data from a construction site where a road finishing is performed, from a place of manufacture where a material for the road finishing is produced, and from one or more positions located between the place of manufacture and the construction site, the wearable computer connected to a road finisher located at the construction site where the road finishing is performed, to a mixing plant where the material for the road finishing is produced, and to a transporter located at the construction site, at the mixing plant or therebetween;

monitoring the process data; and

alerting the wearer of the wearable computer in the event that process data lie outside a predetermined range.