Battery Tracking Transponder System for Construction Sites

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Solution Overview

Problem

Construction equipment batteries on construction sites face challenges such as limited stored energy, time-consuming battery location and charging status verification, and high risk of theft due to their portability and value, leading to inefficiencies and increased man-hours.

Innovation Solution

A construction site status monitoring device with processing circuitry that receives battery identifier and location data to determine substitute batteries and prevent theft by disabling batteries that leave the site, reducing misplacement and theft risks.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual methods are used to locate and verify battery charge status, then operators can find compatible batteries, but the process is time-consuming and wastes valuable man hours

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebattery charge status verificationVSAvoidtime to locate and verify battery

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical searching and visual inspection with an automated electronic system using transponders, receivers, and a database to automatically locate and verify battery charge status, eliminating the time-consuming manual process while maintaining accurate verification

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables automatic self-verification of battery status through transponders that store and transmit battery information (compatibility, charge status, location) without requiring operator intervention, allowing the system to service itself by providing real-time battery status data

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of operation

If construction device batteries are made portable and compact, then they are easier to handle and install, but they become easily misplaced and susceptible to theft

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebattery portabilityVSAvoidbattery security and tracking

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces physical battery identification methods with an electronic tracking system using transponders embedded in batteries and receivers at charging stations, enabling automatic identification and tracking that maintains security while preserving battery portability and ease of operation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides continuous feedback about battery location and status through the transponder-receiver network, allowing real-time monitoring of battery movement and charge status, which enhances security and tracking capability without affecting battery portability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10628898B2Identifying and locating a substitute battery for a construction job site power tool

Publication Date: 2020.04.21 HUSQVARNA AB

AI summary

A construction site status monitoring device is provided including processing circuitry configured to receive a battery identifier data associated with respective construction device batteries of a plurality of construction device batteries, receive location data associated with the respective construction device batteries of the plurality of construction device batteries, and determine a substitute battery from the plurality of construction device batteries for a construction device battery of the plurality of construction device batteries based on the battery identifier data or the location data.