Systems and methods for connecting management systems through scale ticket data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021241194-A1
Application number	US-202016782317-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 5, 2020
Priority date	Feb 5, 2020
Publication date	Aug 5, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method includes receiving, from a material plant management system, check-in data for a haul truck that has checked into a material plant, the check-in data including a haul truck identifier and a check-in time. The method further includes receiving, from the material plant management system, scale ticket data including a destination of the haul truck and a check-out time at which the haul truck exits the material plant with a load of material, sending, via a network, the scale ticket data to a haul truck management system associated with the haul truck and a worksite management system associated with the destination, determining, based on the check-out time and the destination, an estimated time of arrival representing a time at which the haul truck will reach the destination, and providing, via the network, the estimated time of arrival to the haul truck management system and the worksite management system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
receiving, with a controller and from a material plant management system in communication with the controller, check-in data for a haul truck that has checked into a material plant, the check-in data including a haul truck identifier, a check-in time representing a time at which the haul truck checked into the material plant, and a haul company associated with the haul truck; sending, via a network, the check-in data to a haul truck management system associated with the haul company and in communication with the controller; receiving, with the controller and from the material plant management system, scale ticket data including a quantity of material loaded on the haul truck, a destination of the haul truck, a customer associated with the destination, and a check-out time indicating a time at which the haul truck leaves the material plant with the material; sending, via the network, the scale ticket data to the haul truck management system and a worksite management system associated with the customer and in communication with the controller; determining, with the controller and based on the check-out time, information representing an estimated time of arrival representing a time at which the haul truck will reach the destination; and providing, with the controller and via the network, the estimated time of arrival to the worksite management system and the haul truck management system.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, from the worksite management system, a first indication that the haul truck has entered a first geofence that substantially overlays a worksite associated with the destination, the first indication including a time at which the haul truck entered the worksite; determining, with the controller and based on the first indication, a travel time for the haul truck to traverse a path between the material plant and the worksite; and providing, via the network, the first indication and the travel time to the worksite management system and the haul truck management system.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising providing the check-out time and the quantity of material loaded on the haul truck to the worksite management system.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the scale ticket data further includes a type of material loaded on the haul truck, an operator, the haul company associated with the haul truck, and the haul truck identifier.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the estimated time of arrival is a first estimated time of arrival and the method further comprises:
receiving, from the worksite management system, a second indication that the haul truck dumped the material at a deposit location within the worksite, the second indication including a time at which the haul truck dumped the material at the deposit location; determining, with the controller and based on the second indication, information representing a second estimated time of arrival representing a time at which the haul truck will return to the material plant; and providing, via the network, the second estimated time of arrival to the material plant management system and the haul truck management system.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
determining, with the controller and based at least in part a time difference between the check-out time and the time at which the haul truck dumped the material at the deposit location, a projected quantity of material that will be delivered during a work period; and providing, via the network, the projected quantity of material to the material plant management system and the worksite management system.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving location data from the haul truck; receiving, via the network, data representing a predetermined time frame, during which, the customer expects the haul truck to arrive at the destination; determining, with the controller and based on the location data, that the haul truck will arrive later than the predetermined time frame; and sending, via the network, a notification to the worksite management system and the haul truck management system, the notification indicating that the haul truck will arrive later than the predetermined time frame.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, with the controller, an indication that the haul truck has entered the material plant, the indication including a time of day at which the haul truck entered the material plant; determining, with the controller, a time difference between the time of day at which the haul truck entered the material plant and the check-out time; determining, with the controller, whether the time difference is greater than a threshold time difference; and providing, with the controller and via the network, a notification to the material plant management system and the worksite management system based at least in part on the time difference being greater than the threshold time difference, the notification indicating that the time difference is greater than the threshold time difference.

9 . A system, comprising:
one or more processors; and non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a material plant management system, check-in data for a haul truck that has checked into a material plant, the check-in data including a haul truck identifier and a check-in time;
receiving, from the material plant management system, scale ticket data including a destination of the haul truck and a check-out time at which the haul truck exits the material plant with a load of material;
sending, via a network, the scale ticket data to a haul truck management system associated with the haul truck and a worksite management system associated with the destination;
determining, based on the check-out time and the destination, an estimated time of arrival representing a time at which the haul truck will reach the destination; and
providing, via the network, the estimated time of arrival to the haul truck management system and the worksite management system.

10 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein the estimated time of arrival is a first time of arrival and the operations further comprise:
receiving, from the worksite management system, an indication that the haul truck has dumped the load at the destination, the indication including a time at which the haul truck dumped the load; determining, based on the indication, a second time of arrival representing a time at which the haul truck will return to the material plant; and providing, via the network, the second time of arrival to the material plant management system and the haul truck management system.

11 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein the load is a first load and the operations further comprise:
receiving, from the material plant management system, an indication that the haul truck has entered the material plant after dumping the first load at the destination, the indication including a time at which the haul truck entered the material plant; determining, based on the indication, a cycle time representing an amount of time that lapses between the check-in time and the truck entering the material plant after dumping the first load at the destination; and providing, via the network, the cycle time to at least one of the material plant management system, the haul truck management system, or the worksite management system.

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Assignees

• Caterpillar Inc

Inventors

• Subramanian Gautham
• Brickner Chad T

Classifications

• Y02P90/30

  Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing · CPC title

• G06Q50/04

  Manufacturing · CPC title

• G06Q10/109

  Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting · CPC title

• G06Q10/08355

  Routing methods · CPC title

• G06Q10/06312 Primary

  Adjustment or analysis of established resource schedule, e.g. resource or task levelling, or dynamic rescheduling · CPC title