# US 2022/0034049 A1 · A system and method for assisting in improving a paving job > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0034049 A1 - Document ID: US20220034049A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/419,526 - Filed: 2020-01-08 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-08 - Applicants: Tf-Technologies A/S - Inventors: Lisbeth Teilmann Melchior; Søren Kristiansen; Frank Robert Larsen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220034049A1 ## CPC - E01C 23/00: Auxiliary devices or arrangements for constructing, repairing, reconditioning, or taking-up road or like surfaces (apparatus for reconditioning of salvaged non-hydraulic compositions {for- in plant recycling of salvaged bituminous mixtures} E01C19/10) - G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling - E01C 19/48: for laying-down the materials and consolidating them, or finishing the surface {, e.g. slip forms therefor, forming kerbs or gutters in a continuous operation in situ (E01C19/002, E01C23/065 take precedence; devices for guiding or controlling the machines along a predetermined path E01C19/004)} - G06N 5/02: Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation - G06Q 10/0631: Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations - G06Q 50/08: Construction - E01C: CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming roads or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS ## Abstract The present invention relates to a system and method of assisting a paving vehicle e.g. an asphalt paver or the operator of such vehicle to improve a paving job performed by said vehicle. The steps performed comprises—receiving job data relating to the paving job, —receiving paving best practices data relating to any paving job, —processing the job data and the paving best practices data according to an algorithm and based thereon, generating feedback data for improving the paving job, —assisting said paving vehicle or said operator of said vehicle by making said generated feedback data available. Thereby, improved paving jobs can be performed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of assisting a paving vehicle to improve a paving job performed by said vehicle, the method comprising: receiving job data relating to said paving job; receiving paving best practices data, said best practice data comprising one or more of the following types of data: process data from the current paving job, data collected from previous paving jobs, and/or external data; processing said job data and said paving best practices data according to an algorithm and based on said processing generating feedback data for improving said paving job; and assisting said paving vehicle or said operator of said vehicle by making said generated feedback data available. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said paving best practices data comprises data relating to defined paving requirements, and wherein said algorithm involves processing said job data and said defined paving requirements to generate feedback data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein said defined paving requirements are generated from an analysis of previous collected job data from paving vehicles, and wherein said algorithm involves processing of said job data and said previous collected job data to generate feedback data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein said defined paving requirements are predefined based on existing paving knowledge or known process standards, and wherein said algorithm involves processing of said job data and said existing paving knowledge or known process standards. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said feedback data is made available by converting the data to operator instructions and communicating said instructions to said operator during said paving job. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said feedback data is made available by converting the data to paving vehicle control data and is provided as control data to said paving vehicle for controlling said paving vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said feedback data is made available by generating paving job recommendation data to be stored at a recommendation database at least being accessible by said operator. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said job data includes paving process data identifying a current operating status of the paving vehicle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said job data comprises external paving process data identifying external factors influencing the paving job. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said job data includes paving process data identifying a quality of the paving layer resulting from the paving job performed by said vehicle. ### Claim 11 A system for assisting a paving vehicle to improve a paving job performed by said vehicle, the system comprising: receiving means for receiving job data relating to said paving job; receiving means for receiving paving best practices data; processing means for processing said job data and said paving best practices data according to an algorithm and based on said processing generating feedback data for improving said paving job; and assisting means for assisting said paving vehicle or said operator of said vehicle by making said generated feedback data available.