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US 2025/0057080 A1Published application
Machine operational state and material movement tracking
AssigneeBitstrata Systems Inc.
InventorsIan Robert Meier, Michael David Lockerbie
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Abstract
An apparatus, a system and a method indirectly detect the operational state of a machine among a plurality of operational states and track the movement of a material through a plurality of machines.
Claims21
A computer implemented method comprising:
- determining, automatically by a processor, that a first transfer event of a first machine is correlated with a second transfer event of a second machine or container when the first and second transfer events have occurred, or are occurring, within a geometric intersection of projected material flow direction of the first machine, the first transfer event comprising one of a loading or an unloading of a first amount of a bulk material;
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- based on the determination, further determining by the processor, that the first machine is one of loading or unloading bulk material to/from the second machine or container and the amount of the bulk material transferred there between, a location of the bulk material transferred there between or a combination thereof.
A system comprising:
- a processor and a memory coupled therewith, the memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- determine, automatically, that a first transfer event of a first machine is correlated with a second transfer event of a second machine or container when the first and second transfer events have occurred, or are occurring, within a geometric intersection of projected material flow direction of the first machine, the first transfer event comprising one of a loading or an unloading of a first amount of a bulk material;
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- determine, further based on the determination of the correlation, that the first machine is one of loading or unloading bulk material to/from the second machine or container and the amount of the bulk material transferred there between, a location of the bulk material transferred there between or a combination thereof.
1 more element
A system comprising:
- means for determining, automatically, that a first transfer event of a first machine is correlated with a second transfer event of a second machine or container when the first and second transfer events have occurred, or are occurring, within a geometric intersection of projected material flow direction of the first machine, the first transfer event comprising one of a loading or an unloading of a first amount of a bulk material;
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- means for, based on the determination, further determining that the first machine is one of loading or unloading bulk material to/from the second machine or container and the amount of the bulk material transferred there between, a location of the bulk material transferred there between or a combination thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.