Integrated system and method to determine activity of excavation machinery
AssigneeOperations Technology Development, Nfp
InventorsRobert Marros, Saurav Acharya, Jason Sphar, Steven Blitzstein
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring and alerting of a working equipment proximity to a utility system. The invention provides a device on the working equipment with sensors and GPS location capabilities to determine location and/or movement event data of the equipment. The invention further includes the establishment of an imaginary buffer boundary established around the utility components to use in combination with the event data to provide a reference for alerts to be triggered. Alerts are automatically provided by the system and method at the working equipment and/or a remote operator dashboard.
Claims19
An equipment-mounted device comprising a processor and a recordable medium including encoded instructions for collecting and forwarding event data to a processing application that characterizes activity of the equipment and utilizes spatial location information and compares physical movements of equipment with a pre-established buffered boundary at a predetermined distance from or about a physical location of one or more components of a utility system;
- and further comprising an alarm module adapted to issue an alarm sound or message to an equipment operator as the equipment approaches or contacts the buffered boundary.
A system for monitoring and alerting working equipment movement near utility systems, the system comprising:
- a sensor system including at least one motion sensor mounted to the working equipment;
- a satellite navigation receiver mounted to the working equipment;
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- a computing module in combination with the sensor system and the satellite navigation receiver, the computing module including a processor and a recordable medium including encoded instructions for establishing a predetermined buffered boundary around one or more known components of a utility system, collecting sensor data and spatial location data, characterizing an activity of the working equipment, and comparing, as a function of the spatial location information, physical movements of the equipment with the predetermined buffered boundary established around one or more components of the utility system;
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- an alarm module adapted to issue an alarm sound or message to an operator of the working equipment as the working equipment approaches or contacts the buffered boundary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.