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US 11,386,782 B2Granted
Maintenance decision support system and method for vehicular and roadside applications
AssigneeConcaten, Inc.
InventorsChristopher J. Rennie, Kevin K. Groeneweg
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Abstract
A method and system are provided in which maintenance vehicles collect information from sensors and operators, forward the collected information to a server, and, is response, receive maps and operator instructions.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- (a) collecting, from a plurality of units located on a plurality of respective snow maintenance vehicles, a plurality of sets of snow maintenance information, each of the collected sets of snow maintenance vehicle information comprising a snow maintenance vehicle physical location and at least one of weather and road conditions in an area of the respective snow maintenance vehicle;
- (b) sending the sets of snow maintenance vehicle information to a server;
- (c) processing, by the server, the received collected information to determine an instruction for at least one of the plurality of snow maintenance vehicles;
- and
- (d) providing the instruction to a user.
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A system, comprising:
- a plurality of units located on a plurality of respective snow maintenance vehicles, said units configured to collect a plurality of sets of snow maintenance vehicle information, each of the collected sets of snow maintenance vehicle information comprising a snow maintenance vehicle physical location and at least one of weather and road conditions in an area of the respective snow maintenance vehicle;
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- a server operable to:
- (a) receive the plurality of sets of snow maintenance vehicle information;
- (b) process the received collected information to determine an instruction for at least one of the plurality of snow maintenance vehicles;
- and
- (c) provide the instruction to a user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.