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US 12,183,194 B2Granted
Distributed maintenance decision and support system and method
AssigneeConcaten, Inc.
InventorKevin K. Groeneweg
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a computer that receives weather information from a weather service provider (“WSP”) server and automatic vehicle locating system (“AVL”) collected information from an AVL server, accesses a material performance specification for at least one treatment material, and determines, based on the weather information and/or AVL collected information and the material performance specification, a treatment recommendation for a selected roadway segment and/or route.
Claims18
A snow maintenance vehicle, comprising:
- a snow plow;
- an antenna for duplexed communications;
- a satellite positioning module and a corresponding antenna;
- a roadway surface temperature sensor;
- a spreader connected to a treatment material container;
- a maintenance decision module wherein said module processes and analyzes AVL collected information received from a server, and one or more of treatment material performance specifications, locally collected information, operator instructions, and weather information to provide treatment recommendations;
- wherein the AVL collected information comprises historic maintenance vehicle parameters;
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- wherein the maintenance decision module further comprises at least one of the following:
- a data ingest submodule to receive and universally format the various types of information, a road weather forecast submodule to dynamically weight one or more forecast models and forward error correction with observations, and a road condition and treatment submodule that, based on the output of the data ingest and road weather forecast submodules, forecasts road temperature and condition and maps the forecasts to a look up table of rules of practice for anti-icing, de-icing and/or plowing operations to provide treatment recommendations.
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A method comprising:
- providing a snow plow, having an antenna for duplexed communications, a satellite positioning module and a corresponding antenna, a roadway surface temperature sensor, a spreader connected to a treatment material container;
- and providing a maintenance decision module wherein said module:
- processes and analyzes AVL collected information received from a server and one or more of treatment material performance specifications, locally collected information, operator instructions, and weather information, and provides treatment recommendations based thereon;
- wherein the AVL collected information comprises historic maintenance vehicle parameters;
- and wherein the maintenance decision module further comprises at least one of the following:
- a data ingest submodule to receive and universally format the various types of information, a road weather forecast submodule to dynamically weight one or more forecast models and forward error correction with observations, and a road condition and treatment submodule that, based on the output of the data ingest and road weather forecast submodules, forecasts road temperature and condition and maps the forecasts to a look up table of rules of practice for anti-icing, de-icing and/or plowing operations to provide treatment recommendations.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.