Method and device for monitoring construction or mining vehicle activites
AssigneeLeica Geosystems Technology AB
InventorsDoug EGGERT, Guilherme OLIVEIRA, Damien DUSHA, Stuart GRAY
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Abstract
A method for monitoring activities of a construction or mining vehicle. Signals from at least one acceleration sensor, accelerometer (2), and/or at least one angular rate sensor, gyro (4), are processed on a computing platform (3) which is programmed to determine the activity state of the vehicle based on signals received. A device arranged to perform the method may also comprise means (7) for storing or communicating the result of the determination of the computing platform (3).
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-15. (canceled)
A method for monitoring activities of an excavator, comprising:
- processing, on a computing platform, signals from at least one acceleration sensor, accelerometer, angular rate sensor, or gyro;
- and
- determining an activity state of the excavator based on whether measures of the statistical distribution of the signals, or measures of the statistical distribution of parameters derived from the signals change, or do not change, over time, wherein the activity state includes at least one of idle with the engine on, or is working.
A device for monitoring activities of an excavator, comprising:
- a self-contained monitoring unit including:
- at least one acceleration sensor, accelerometer, angular rate sensor, or gyro providing signals;
- and
- a computing platform that is programmed to determine an activity state of the excavator based on whether measures of the statistical distribution of the signals, or measures of the statistical distribution of parameters derived from the signals change, or do not change, over time, wherein the activity state includes at least one of idle with the engine on, or is working.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.