IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0183964
(2008-07-31)
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등록번호 |
US-8755814
(2014-06-17)
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발명자
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Honeywell International Inc.
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인용정보 |
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초록
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A system, apparatus and method are provided for intermittent location reporting. The apparatus includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a transceiver, and a controller. The transceiver is a WiFi or WiMAX transceiver. The controller reads a current geographical location of the apparatus a
A system, apparatus and method are provided for intermittent location reporting. The apparatus includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, a transceiver, and a controller. The transceiver is a WiFi or WiMAX transceiver. The controller reads a current geographical location of the apparatus and determines whether communication with a location monitoring application (LMA) is possible. If communication with the LMA is not possible, the controller stores the current geographical location. When communication with the LMA is again possible, the controller sends any stored geographical locations. The controller may store timestamps associated with the geographical locations. The controller may send the geographical locations to the LMA at intervals determined by predefined rules.
대표청구항
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1. A method, comprising: reading a current geographical location of a location detecting device (LDD), the LDD coupled to an asset that is configured to move along one or more train tracks connecting a plurality of geographically separated processing facilities, the LDD configured to move along the
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A method, comprising: reading a current geographical location of a location detecting device (LDD), the LDD coupled to an asset that is configured to move along one or more train tracks connecting a plurality of geographically separated processing facilities, the LDD configured to move along the one or more train tracks;determining whether communication with a location monitoring application (LMA) through a wireless node is possible, the wireless node associated with one of the processing facilities and comprising one of: a WiFi node and a WiMAX node;if communication with the LMA is not possible, storing the current geographical location and an associated time that the LDD is located at the current geographical location;repeating the reading, determining, and storing a plurality of times as the asset moves along the one or more train tracks, wherein the plurality of read geographical locations and associated times comprise a time-based route taken by the asset; andif communication with the LMA is possible, sending any stored geographical locations and associated times and the current geographical location and the associated time to the LMA when the LDD has moved a specified distance from a previous geographical location;wherein the reading of the current geographical location is repeated based on a location-based rule if communication with the LMA is not possible and based on a time-based rule if communication with the LMA is possible;wherein the geographical locations and associated times in the route are readable by the LMA in order to determine a location of the asset at a time when the LDD was not in communication with the LMA; andwherein the LMA is configured to transmit the geographical locations of the LDD and an indication that the LDD has entered a predefined area of a specified one of the processing facilities to a process control system that is associated with the specified processing facility and that is configured to perform a process control function in response to the indication. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein reading the current geographical location includes receiving a global positioning system (GPS) signal. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein reading the current geographical location is repeated until the current geographical location has changed from the previous geographical location and the determining, storing, and sending are not performed until a change in the current geographical location is detected. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether communication with the LMA is possible further includes determining whether the wireless node is coupled to the LMA. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein: storing the current geographical location and the associated time includes storing the current geographical location and the associated time in a memory. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein: the LDD is configured to store a plurality of geographical regions; andreading the current geographical location is repeated when the LDD determines that the LDD has moved from one stored geographical region to another stored geographical region. 7. An apparatus, comprising: a GPS receiver;a transceiver comprising one of a WiFi transceiver and a WiMAX transceiver; anda controller adapted to: read a current geographical location of the apparatus, the apparatus configured to be coupled to an asset that is configured to move along one or more train tracks connecting a plurality of geographically separated processing facilities;determine whether communication with a location monitoring application (LMA) through a wireless node associated with one of the processing facilities and comprising one of a WiFi node and a WiMAX node is possible;if communication with the LMA is not possible, store the current geographical location and an associated time that the apparatus is located at the current geographical location;repeat the reading, determining, and storing operations a plurality of times as the asset moves along the one or more train tracks, wherein the plurality of read geographical locations and associated times comprise a time-based route taken by the asset; andif communication with the LMA is possible, send any stored geographical locations and associated times and the current geographical location and the associated time to the LMA when the apparatus has moved a specified distance from a previous geographical location;wherein the controller is adapted to repeat reading the current geographical location based on a location-based rule if communication with the LMA is not possible and based on a time-based rule if communication with the LMA is possible;wherein the geographical locations and associated times in the route are readable by the LMA in order to determine a location of the apparatus at a time when the apparatus was not in communication with the LMA; andwherein the LMA is configured to transmit the geographical locations of the apparatus and an indication that the apparatus has entered a predefined area of a specified one of the processing facilities to a process control system that is associated with the specified processing facility and that is configured to perform a process control function in response to the indication. 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller is adapted to read the current geographical location of the apparatus via the GPS receiver. 9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller is adapted to: repeat reading the current geographical location until the current geographical location has changed from the previous geographical location and not perform the determining, snoring, and sending until a change in the current geographical location is detected. 10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller is adapted to determine whether communication with the LMA is possible by determining whether communication with the wireless node is possible via the transceiver. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is adapted to determine whether communication with the LMA is possible by determining whether the wireless node is coupled to the LMA. 12. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a memory, wherein the controller is adapted to: store the current geographical location and the associated time in the memory. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is adapted to: store a plurality of geographical regions; andrepeat reading the current geographical location when the controller determines that the asset has moved from one stored geographical region to another stored geographical region. 14. A system, comprising: a location monitoring application (LMA); anda location detecting device (LDD) comprising: a GPS receiver;a transceiver comprising one of a WiFi transceiver and a WiMAX transceiver; anda controller adapted to: read a current geographical location of the LDD, the LDD configured to be coupled to an asset that is configured to move along one or more train tracks connecting a plurality of geographically separated processing facilities, the LDD configured to move along the one or more train tracks;determine whether communication with the LMA through a wireless node associated with one of the processing facilities and comprising one of a WiFi node and a WiMAX node is possible;if communication with the LMA is not possible, store the current geographical location and an associated time that the LDD is located at the current geographical location;repeat the reading, determining, and storing operations a plurality of times as the asset moves along the one or more train tracks, wherein the plurality of read geographical locations and associated times comprise a time-based route taken by the asset; andif communication with the LMA is possible, send any stored geographical locations and associated times and the current geographical location and the associated time to the LMA when the LDD has moved a specified distance from a previous geographical location;wherein the controller is adapted to repeat reading the current geographical location based on a location-based rule if communication with the LMA is not possible and based on a time-based rule if communication with the LMA is possible;wherein the geographical locations and associated times in the route are readable by the LMA in order to determine a location of the asset at a time when the LDD was not in communication with the LMA; andwherein the LMA is configured to transmit the geographical locations of the LDD and an indication that the LDD has entered a predefined area of a specified one of the processing facilities to a process control system that is associated with the specified processing facility and that is configured to perform a process control function in response to the indication. 15. The system of claim 14, wherein the controller is adapted to read the current geographical location of the apparatus via the GPS receiver. 16. The system of claim 14, wherein the controller is adapted to: repeat reading the current geographical location until the current geographical location has changed from the previous geographical location and not perform the determining, staring, and sending until a change in the current geographical location is detected. 17. The system of claim 14, wherein the controller is adapted to determine whether communication with the LMA is possible by determining whether communication with the wireless node is possible via the transceiver. 18. The system of claim 17, wherein the controller is adapted to determine whether communication with the LMA is possible by determining whether the wireless node is coupled to the LMA. 19. The system of claim 14, wherein the LDD further comprises a memory and the controller is adapted to: store the current geographical location and the associated time in the memory. 20. The system of claim 19, wherein the controller is adapted to: store a plurality of geographical regions; andrepeat reading the current geographical location when the controller determines that the asset has moved from one stored geographical region to another stored geographical region.
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