System and method for external equipment monitoring
OwnerMichael Zeinfeldinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for external equipment monitoring. The presenting invention uses a network of sensor-devices that constitute a system that provides information about entities within a facility, where entities may mean industrial equipment, personnel, parts, raw materials, etc. The invention allows the entities to be tracked; monitored and optimized without input from a user of what type of entity or what type of entity it is (e.g., users, rooms, etc. can be monitored. The present invention uses devices that do not require an electronic connection to the entity and with the ability for one entity to monitor the activity of another entity.
Claims14
A method for the automatic detection of equipment and monitoring, recorded on computer-readable medium and capable of execution by a computer comprising the steps of:
- automatic detection of equipment type, application, parts, and processes;
- placing a device on an entity for the purpose of tracking activity of the entity;
- using sensors so that the system may automatically determine what type of entity the device is monitoring as well as the application for such equipment;
- using GPS coordinates to determine where the entity is located and query a database to determine what entities are within the coordinates;
- automatically determining the application of the equipment;
- converting sensor data to information which can be utilize by an end;
- identifying and recording processes in relation to triggers in the system of the present invention;
- placing devices on one or more entities;
- gathering sensor data by the devices;
- providing an automatic detection of a trigger or manual selection of a trigger event;
- a trigger by a device indicates something new is happening;
- identifying a new user not typically in the system or an acceleration or local coordinate that is an outlier;
- determining which part in the system is moved in a direction out of pattern;
- recognizing a service professional or a user who is not correlated with regular use of an entity performing the task;
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- recording entity movement to determine pattern which is associated with the trigger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.