Proximity status of equipment
AssigneeSandvik Mining and Construction Australia (Production/Supply) Pty Ltd
InventorMichael McCORMICK
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AssigneeSandvik Mining and Construction Australia (Production/Supply) Pty Ltd
InventorMichael McCORMICK
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An apparatus, method and computer program product are arranged for receiving information on an operational context of a work machine, detecting at least one beacon signal provided by a beacon associated with equipment attachable to the work machine, the at least one beacon signal including a radio signal broadcasted by the beacon, determining, based on the at least one beacon signal, a proximity status of the equipment, the proximity status relating to a proximity of the equipment to the work machine, determining, based on the operational context of the work machine, at least one criterion for the proximity status of the equipment, and determining, in response to determining that the at least one criterion for the proximity status of the equipment is fulfilled, that the equipment is attached to the work machine.
An apparatus associated with a work machine, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
A method comprising:
A computer program including instructions for causing an apparatus to perform at least the following:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.