ASSET INFORMATION REPORTING

• US 20100324955A1
• Filed: 06/07/2010
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTR Control Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ZTR Control Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Rinehart, Mark, Horne, Brent, Green, Craig, Tevlin, Jeremy, Pompa, Jerome
• Application Number:
  US12/795,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20100324955A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for asset operation information services is described. In one example embodiment, the method can comprise receiving data related to operation of an asset, the data including positional data and at least one machine operational data, interpreting the positional data with the machine operational data to accurately determine an operational characteristic of the machine, performing analysis of the operational characteristic in view of a stored target to produce a performance output, and providing a report that includes the operational characteristic and the performance output.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

receiving at an electronic device data related to operation of an asset, the data including positional data and at least one machine operational data;

interpreting, using a processor, the positional data and the machine operational data to determine an operational characteristic of the machine;

performing, using a processor, analysis of the operational characteristic in view of a stored target to produce a performance output;

filtering, using a processor, at least one of the machine operational data and the operational characteristic to improve accuracy; and

providing a report that includes the operational characteristic and the performance output.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the machine operational data includes one or more of the following:

a beginning time of an event, an ending time of an event, a period of time since the last event, and a distance the asset has moved since the last event.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the event is one more of the following:

a loading on, a loading off, an unloading on, and an unloading off.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein filtering includes determining that the event is invalid based on one or more of the following:

a period of time between the beginning of the event and the ending of the event, the period of time since the last event, the distance moved since the last event.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the report is provided substantially concurrently with the receiving data related to operation of the asset.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the report presents the operational characteristic and the performance output in relation to the stored target.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the report includes the operational characteristic and the performance output of the asset grouped with the operational characteristic and the performance output of one or more of second assets associated with the positional data.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising storing the operational characteristic and the performance output to a database, the stored operational characteristic and the performance output to be used for a trend analysis over time.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving site specific data from a site, a site being a specific location associated with the asset;

creating a relationship between the performance output and the site specific data; and

including in the report the relationship between the performance output and the site specific data.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the report summarizes the performance output of the asset.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the report is related to production data associated with the asset.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the report includes one or more of the following:

a cycle time, a number of loads, an amount of material moved, a time of operation, and costs associated with the asset.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein filtering includes determining if at least one of a cycle time, a number of loads, an amount of material moved, a time of operation, and costs associated with the asset are valid using historical data of the machine or a work site.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the report is related to utilization data associated with the asset.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the report is related to maintenance data associated with the asset.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the report is related to health data associated with the asset.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one machine operational data is collected by a monitoring system installed on the asset, the monitoring system including a monitoring device and sensors.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the monitoring device and the sensors communicate via a short range radio communications protocol.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the machine operational data includes one or more of the following:

a velocity, a direction, a key on event, a key off event, a door open event, a door closed event, a location, a fuel efficiency, an idle time, a production statistics, a preventive maintenance schedule, a maintenance history, a cycle time, a utilization time period, a fault data, and an alarm data.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, wherein the filtering includes determining if the machine can perform the machine operational data using the worksite data.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at an electronic device data related to operation of an asset includes receiving positional data from a mobile asset and a mobile machine interacting with the mobile asset, and further includes positional data relating to the mobile machine.

22. The computer implemented method of claim 21, wherein receiving includes receiving positional data from a mobile device of an operator and receiving operational data from the asset, wherein the mobile device is free to move from the asset.

23. The computer implemented method of claim 22, wherein the mobile device is a mobile telephone of the operator and includes a navigational positioning system to provide positional data.

24. The computer implemented method of claim 23, wherein receiving includes receiving operational data input to the mobile device and sent from the mobile device.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving data related to operation of an asset includes receiving data only at a work site location.

26. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the receiving data related to operation of an asset includes receiving positional data of a first mobile asset and positional data of a second mobile asset, and wherein filtering includes filtering data of the first mobile asset using positional data from the second mobile asset.

27. A computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, perform the following operations:

receive data related to operation of an asset, the data including positional data and at least one machine operational data;

interpret the positional data and the machine operational data to determine an operational characteristic of the machine;

filter at least one of the positional data, machine data, and operational characteristic to improve accuracy;

perform analysis of the operational characteristic in view of a stored target to produce a performance output; and

provide a report that includes the operational characteristic and the performance output.

28. The computer-readable medium comprising instructions of claim 27, further comprising:

creating operational data on a device separate from the positional data; and

sending additional data from a mobile device associated and removable from the machine.

29. A computer-implemented apparatus for suggesting items to a target user, the computer-implemented apparatus comprising:

means for receiving data related to operation of an asset, the data including positional data and at least one machine operational data;

means for interpreting the positional data and the machine operational data to determine an operational characteristic of the machine;

means for improving accuracy of data;

means for performing analysis of the operational characteristic in view of a stored target to produce a performance output; and

means for providing a report that includes the operational characteristic and the performance output.