Work order integration system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11341440-B2
Application number	US-201916710974-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2019
Priority date	Dec 11, 2019
Publication date	May 24, 2022
Grant date	May 24, 2022

Abstract

A work machine control device including a memory and a processor is disclosed. The processor may be configured to receive work order data associated with a haul machine. The work order data may identify the haul machine, a material requested for the haul machine, an amount of the material requested for the haul machine, and/or a work machine associated with the material. The processor may be configured to set an operating parameter of the work machine to perform an operation according to the work order data, and receive payload data associated with a payload of the work machine. The payload data may relate to a weight of the payload, a volume of the payload, and/or an operating state of the work machine. The processor may be configured to determine productivity data associated with the operation, and cause an action to be performed in connection with the productivity data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A worksite management device, comprising:
one or more memories;
and one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
determine a location of a haul machine relative to a worksite based on information provided by a communication device associated with the haul machine;
determine work order data associated with the haul machine, the work order data identifying a material requested for the haul machine and an amount of the material requested for the haul machine;
determine an availability of the amount of the material requested for the haul machine;
identify one or more locations of the material based on determining that the amount of the material is available, one or more stockpiles of the material being located at the one or more locations, the amount of the material being sufficient to fulfill a work order identified by the work order data, and the one or more stockpiles including the amount of the material;
identify prospective paths between the haul machine and the one or more locations;
determine respective path lengths associated with the prospective paths;
select a shortest path of the prospective paths based on the respective path lengths;
and cause the haul machine to autonomously or semi-autonomously navigate the shortest path.

2. The worksite management device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, when determining the availability of the amount of the material, are configured to:
identify inventory data associated with the worksite,
the inventory data including an inventory amount of the material available at the worksite;

compare the amount of the material requested for the haul machine with the inventory amount of the material available at the worksite; and
determine that the amount of the material is available based on determining that the amount of the material requested for the haul machine does not exceed the inventory amount of the material available at the worksite.

3. The worksite management device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, when identifying the one or more locations, are configured to:
identify worksite data associated with the worksite;
the worksite data including location information corresponding to the one or more stockpiles;
and identify the one or more locations based on the worksite data.

4. The worksite management device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, when selecting the shortest path, are configured to:
determine respective wait times associated with the prospective paths;
identify a first prospective path associated with a shortest path length of the respective path lengths;
determine that a first wait time, associated with the first prospective path, exceeds a wait threshold;
identify a second prospective path associated with a next shortest path length out of the respective path lengths;
determine that a second wait time, associated with the second prospective path, is less than the wait threshold;
and select the second prospective path as the shortest path.

5. The worksite management device of claim 1 , wherein, to cause the haul machine to autonomously or semi-autonomously navigate the shortest path, the one or more processors are configured to:
generate a set of navigation instructions based on the shortest path;
and transmit the set of navigation instructions to one or more of a user interface or a control device associated with the haul machine to cause the haul machine to autonomously or semi-autonomously navigate the shortest path.

6. The worksite management device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
generate a notification based on determining that a different amount of the material is unavailable, the notification indicating one or more of an unavailability of the different amount of the material, a remaining amount of the material that is available, an alternate source of the material, or a lead time associated with replenishing the material.

7. A method, comprising:
determining, by a device, a location of a haul machine relative to a worksite, the location of the haul machine being determined based on information provided by a communication device associated with the haul machine;
determining, by the device, work order data associated with the haul machine, the work order data identifying one or more of the haul machine, a material requested for the haul machine, or an amount of the material requested for the haul machine;
determining, by the device, an availability of the amount of the material requested for the haul machine;
identifying, by the device, one or more locations of the material based on determining that the amount of the material is available, one or more stockpiles of the material being located at the one or more locations, and the amount of the material being sufficient to fulfill a work order identified by the work order data, and the one or more stockpiles including the amount of the material;
identifying, by the device, prospective paths between the haul machine and the one or more locations;
determining, by the device, respective path lengths associated with the prospective paths;
selecting, by the device, a path between the location of the haul machine and the one or more locations, the path being selected as a shortest path of the prospective paths;
and transmitting, by the device, information relating to the path to the haul machine to cause the haul machine to autonomously or semi-autonomously navigate the path;
identifying, by the device, a work machine associated with the material requested for the haul machine, the work machine being identified, based on location data of the work machine, as a closest work machine out of one or more work machines;
and transmitting, by the device, the work order data to the work machine.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein determining the work order data comprises:
receiving work order information from one or more of the haul machine, a worksite management device associated with the worksite, or a network storage device associated with the worksite management device,
the work order information including one or more of a haul machine identifier associated with the haul machine, a work machine identifier associated with the work machine, a check-in time of the haul machine, or a check-in weight of the haul machine; and

determining the work order data based on the work order information.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein identifying the work machine associated with the material comprises:
identifying worksite data associated with the worksite, the worksite data including information identifying the one or more stockpiles within the worksite and one or more work machines associated with the one or more stockpiles;
and identifying one of the one or more work machines, associated with the one or more stockpiles, as the work machine associated with the material requested for the haul machine.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein identifying the work machine associated with the material comprises:
receiving location data associated with one or more work machines of the worksite, the location data identifying respective proximities of the one or more work machines, of the worksite, relative to the one or more locations;
and identifying one of the one or more work machines, of the worksite, as the work machine associated with the material requested for the haul machine based on the respective proximities.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein identifying the one or more locations comprises:
identifying additional locations of the material based on determining that the amount of the material re

Assignees

• Caterpillar Inc

Inventors

• Shatters Aaron R
• Weinhold Donald M
• Subramanian Gautham
• Spielman Jr Michael A
• Chitgopekar Sucheta

Classifications

• G06Q10/06313 Primary

  Resource planning in a project environment · CPC title

• G06Q10/0639

  Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations · CPC title

• G06Q10/08355

  Routing methods · CPC title

• G06Q10/08

  Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management · CPC title

• G06Q10/083 Primary

  Shipping · CPC title