Worksite Machine Mesh Networking for Unified Equipment Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for tracking, tasking, and monitoring work equipment at a worksite require discrete methods for each piece of equipment, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
A system for automatically generating a work site equipment grouping that wirelessly networks machines, allowing them to create and join local area networks, exchange machine-specific data, and integrate tracking, tasking, and monitoring functions on a common platform, with features like automatic network formation, machine identification, and access control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If discrete systems are used for each piece of work equipment, then individual equipment can be tracked and monitored, but system complexity and costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple discrete work machines into a single wireless mesh network, allowing them to communicate and share data collectively rather than through separate discrete systems. This merging reduces overall system complexity while maintaining individual equipment tracking and monitoring capabilities through the unified network infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless mesh network serves multiple functions simultaneously: it enables machine-to-machine communication, provides centralized monitoring, facilitates data exchange, and supports fleet management operations. This multi-functional approach replaces what would otherwise require multiple separate discrete systems, reducing complexity while maintaining comprehensive equipment management capabilities.
2Ease of operation
If discrete systems are used for each work machine, then individual equipment management is possible, but costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple work machines into a unified wireless mesh network, the system enables centralized management and monitoring of all equipment through a single platform. This eliminates the need for separate management systems for each machine, reducing operational costs while maintaining ease of equipment management through the integrated network.
3Productivity
If work machines operate independently, then individual machine control is maintained, but efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless mesh network enables real-time feedback exchange between work machines and the central management system. Machines transmit operational data, status information, and diagnostic data through the network, allowing for coordinated control and optimization of worksite operations. This feedback mechanism improves overall productivity while maintaining individual machine control capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges individual machine operations into a coordinated networked system, allowing work machines to communicate and collaborate on tasks. This integration improves worksite efficiency through better resource allocation and task coordination while preserving individual machine autonomy through the distributed mesh network architecture.
Data Source
AI summary
A worksite connectivity a first machine including a first connectivity module disposed thereon. The first connectivity module is configured to directly communicatively connect to a second connectivity module of a second machine to provide a local wireless worksite network. The first connectivity module is configured to facilitate a third connectivity module of a third machine automatically joining to the local wireless worksite network when the third connectivity module is within a signal range of the first connectivity module such that the third connectivity module directly communicatively connects to at least one of the first connectivity module or the second connectivity module.