Systems and methods for assessing environmental conditions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016299111-A1
Application number	US-201514680803-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 7, 2015
Priority date	Apr 7, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing environmental conditions. According to certain embodiments, environmental data is received from a machine traveling through a first location and a second location. The environmental data includes first environmental data associated with the first location and second environmental data associated with the second location. Environmental conditions associated with a third location may be interpolated based on the first and second environmental data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for assessing environmental conditions, the method comprising the following steps performed by one or more processors:
receiving environmental data from a machine traveling through a first location and a second location, the environmental data comprising first environmental data associated with the first location and second environmental data associated with the second location; and interpolating environmental conditions associated with a third location based on the first and second environmental data.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the third location is between the first and second locations.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first and second environmental data comprise dust measurements; and interpolating environmental conditions associated with a third location based on the first and second environmental data comprises interpolating a dust condition associated with the third location.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an indication of the speed the machine was traveling as it traveled through the first and second locations, wherein interpolating environmental conditions associated with the third location comprises identifying the third location based on the indication of the machine speed.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein interpolating environmental conditions associated with a third location comprises applying a weighting function to the first and second environmental data.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the weighting function weights the first environmental data more heavily if the third location is closer to the first location than the second location and weights the second environmental data more heavily if the third location is closer to the second location than the first location.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a fluid delivery plan based on the first environmental data, second environmental data, and interpolated environmental conditions.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for assessing environmental conditions, the instructions causing at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving environmental data from a machine traveling through a first location and a second location, the environmental data comprising first environmental data associated with the first location and second environmental data associated with the second location; and interpolating environmental conditions associated with a third location based on the first and second environmental data.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the third location is between the first and second locations.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein:
the first and second environmental data comprise dust measurements; and the instructions cause the at least one processor to interpolate environmental conditions associated with a third location based on the first and second environmental data by interpolating a dust condition associated with the third location.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one processor to:
receive an indication of the speed the machine was traveling as it traveled through the first and second locations, wherein interpolating environmental conditions associated with the third location comprises identifying the third location based on the indication of the machine speed.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one processor to interpolate environmental conditions associated with a third location by applying a weighting function to the first and second environmental data

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions cause the at least one processor to generate a fluid delivery plan based on the first environmental data, second environmental data, and interpolated environmental conditions.

14 . A system for assessing environmental conditions, comprising:
a memory that stores a set of instructions; and at least one processor in communication with the memory and configured to execute the set of instructions to: receive environmental data from a machine traveling through a first location and a second location, the environmental data comprising first environmental data associated with the first location and second environmental data associated with the second location; and interpolate environmental conditions associated with a third location based on the first and second environmental data.

15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the third location is between the first and second locations.

16 . The system of claim 14 , wherein:
the first and second environmental data comprise dust measurements; and the at least one processor is further configured to interpolate environmental conditions associated with a third location based on the first and second environmental data by interpolating a dust condition associated with the third location.

17 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive an indication of the speed the machine was traveling as it traveled through the first and second locations, wherein interpolating environmental conditions associated with the third location comprises identifying the third location based on the indication of the machine speed.

18 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to interpolate environmental conditions associated with a third location by applying a weighting function to the first and second environmental data.

19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the weighting function weights the first environmental data more heavily if the third location is closer to the first location than the second location and weights the second environmental data more heavily if the third location is closer to the second location than the first location.

20 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate a fluid delivery plan based on the first environmental data, second environmental data, and interpolated environmental conditions.

Assignees

• Caterpillar Inc

Inventors

• De Kontz Maria Cristina Herrera
• Mascarenhas Aloke Jude
• Kontz Matthew Edward
• Kuehn Jeffrey Lee

Classifications

• G01W2001/006

  Main server receiving weather information from several sub-stations · CPC title

• G01W1/00

  Meteorology · CPC title

• G01N33/0062

  concerning the measuring method or the display, e.g. intermittent measurement or digital display · CPC title

• G01N33/0075 Primary

  for multiple spatially distributed sensors, e.g. for environmental monitoring · CPC title