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EP2657916A2
EP2657916A2 EP13165072.3A EP13165072A EP2657916A2 EP 2657916 A2 EP2657916 A2 EP 2657916A2 EP 13165072 A EP13165072 A EP 13165072A EP 2657916 A2 EP2657916 A2 EP 2657916A2
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Ken Paul Ceglia
Daanish Usman Rumani
Gabriel Kanzelmeyer
Scott Terrell Williams
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    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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    • G07C5/008—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles communicating information to a remotely located station
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
    • G07C5/08—Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
    • G07C5/0816—Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction

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  • Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to applications involving mobile telecommunications, and more particularly, to a system and method for automatically displaying data particular to an asset when in the vicinity of that asset.
  • Managing a large number of assets that are spread over a relatively large geographic area may be cumbersome. It is especially difficult in the case where the assets look similar to each other. For example, a wind farm with multiple wind turbines may span several acres, with little or no distinction in the visual appearance among each of the wind turbine generators. Likewise, multiple, visually indistinct assets such as turbines or boilers may be located in a sprawling facility. Notwithstanding the similar appearance of these assets, each of the assets may have its own unique operation or maintenance characteristics and schedules. For employees responsible for these assets, identifying each individual asset quickly and without error is crucial for the efficient operation and maintenance of the entire wind farm or facility.
  • control room From a control room, it is relatively easy to select controls that will enable an operator to monitor any particular asset. However, for maintenance or asset management functions, the control room may need to communicate with personnel in the field or facility. As such, it may be beneficial to monitor the status of the assets when out in the field or the facility, rather than from in a control room isolated from the field. There is no efficient or accurate method or system for doing so.
  • the disclosure is directed to a method of monitoring a plurality of assets using a mobile device, including determining a position of the mobile device, identifying one of the plurality of assets in proximity to the mobile device, and accessing from the mobile device data relating to the one of the plurality of assets.
  • the disclosure is further directed to a system for monitoring a plurality of assets using a mobile device, including a location server in communication with the mobile device, the location server configured for determining a location of the mobile device and an application server in communication with the location server, the plurality of assets, and the mobile device, the application server configured for monitoring the status of the plurality of assets, and sending to the mobile device a status of one of the plurality of assets, wherein the one of a plurality of assets is closest in proximity to the mobile device.
  • data normally available in the control room is able to be quickly and accurately accessed by a field technician or engineer on a mobile device.
  • the area 12 may be acreage of land or an area within a facility.
  • the multiple assets 10 may include multiple turbines, wind turbines, boilers, or any other assets that may be tracked and monitored. While the present disclosure may be applied to multiple environments, including but not limited to a facility having a turbine or a boiler, by way of example only, the disclosure will first be described with respect to a facility whose plurality of assets 10 are numerous wind turbines, one of which is shown in as wind turbine 100 in Figure 2 .
  • FIG. 2 there is shown a schematic drawing illustrating a wind turbine 100 according to an embodiment.
  • the wind turbine 100 includes a tower 2 on top of which a nacelle 6 is mounted.
  • a rotor 4 is equipped with rotor blades 8 in, for example, a three blade configuration rotatably mounted to the nacelle 6.
  • Kinetic energy is captured from the wind by the rotor blades 8 and urges rotor 4 to rotate about its rotation axis.
  • Rotor 4 is coupled to an electric generator (not shown), either directly or through a gear box. Driven by rotor 4, the electric generator generates electric power which can then be fed to a utility grid or the like.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a wind turbine 100 according to an embodiment.
  • a global positioning system (“GPS”) receiver 110 is mounted at wind turbine 100.
  • GPS receivers (110) are known in the art and communicate with a series of satellites comprising the global navigation satellite system through microwave signals illustrated as GPS signals 50.
  • GPS receiver 110 is capable of determining the location of the wind turbine 100.
  • GALILEO European-based satellite and receiver system known as GALILEO may be used.
  • GALILEO European-based satellite and receiver system
  • other techniques for determining the location of the wind turbine may be used, for example, triangulation techniques whereby a receiver on the wind turbine 100 measures signals transmitted from a plurality of transmitters.
  • the location of the wind turbine 100 may be hard-coded in a programmable memory associated with the wind turbine 100, either at the wind turbine 100 itself or in an application server 48 as will be described with reference to Figure 4 .
  • Hard coding may include absolute geographical longitudinal and latitudinal data, or it may include a relative position within a grid developed specifically for the location.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates that the GPS receiver 110 is installed at nacelle 6 of the wind turbine 100.
  • GPS receiver 110 may be installed at any suitable location at the wind turbine or close to the wind turbine, positioning of GPS receiver 110 at the nacelle provides a good window to the satellites and therefore, good reception of the GPS signals 50.
  • Nacelle 6 may also include one or more sensors 112 which monitor various aspects of the operation of the wind turbine.
  • wind turbine 100 may include a communication device 120 which is adapted to transmit information to remote recipients or remote computers across network 42.
  • Information available to the communications device 120 may be provided from the GPS receiver 110 or the one or more sensors 112.
  • Communication device 120 may be wired or wireless.
  • communication device 120 includes an internet connection.
  • communication device includes a local area network connection.
  • communications device 120 may be a near field communication (NFC) transmitter communicating using Bluetooth or other NFC communications protocol.
  • Communication device 120 may include a processor to consolidate data from the one or more sensors 112 prior to transmission to the network 42.
  • NFC near field communication
  • the one or more sensors 112 on wind turbine 100 may transmit data through the communication device 120 to network 42.
  • network 42 may be the Internet, which may, for example, transmit data using IP protocols.
  • the network 42 may additionally or alternatively include another intranet, extranet, a private network, a public network, a wide area network, a local area network, and the like, or any other combination thereof.
  • the network may also be any other type of wired or wireless network.
  • Examples of a wireless network may be a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, also known as 4G, or any type of cellular network, including but not limited to, those based upon Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access CDMA (WCDMA), 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), or any other type of cellular network, and may also be any other type of wireless network, including Wi-Fi, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), wireless local area network (WLAN), another IEEE 802.XX network, or any other type of wireless network capable of transmitting data to and from communication device 120.
  • Multiple assets 10 may be connected to network 42.
  • Network devices 43 such as workstations or other computing devices, it being understood by those skilled in the art that such network devices may also include netbook computers, laptop computers, tablet computers, personal digital assistants (PDA's), internet-enabled mobile telephones, smart phones, and any other network device capable or sending or receiving data to and from the Internet.
  • Network devices 43 may be located in a control room local or remote to area 12.
  • the mobile device 44 is representative of any appropriate type of device that can communicate on a wireless network.
  • Example devices include any type of wireless receiver or transceiver device (e.g., cell phone, tablet computersmart phone, pager, PDA, PC, specialized broadcast receiving device, satellite radio receiver, satellite phone, and television).
  • Example devices can comprise any appropriate mobile device, such as, for example, a portable device, a variety of computing devices including (a) a portable media player (b) a portable computing device, such as a laptop, a tablet computer, personal digital assistant ("PDA"), a portable phone, such as a cell phone or the like, a smart phone (e.g., iPhone, Blackberry, Android-based phone, etc.), a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a video phone, a portable email device, a thin client, a portable gaming device, etc., (c) consumer electronic devices, such as TVs, DVD players, set top boxes, monitors, displays, etc., (d) a public computing device, such as a kiosk, an in-store music sampling device, an automated teller machine (ATM), a cash register, etc., (e) a navigation device whether portable or installed in-vehicle and/or (f) a non-conventional computing device, such as a kitchen appliance, a motor vehicle control
  • the application server 48 may be any type of server computer capable of running an application program.
  • the application server 48 may run an application program which monitors the condition or status of the plurality of assets 10, including tracking real time status of the various sensors and systems, maintenance records and schedules, and operational control programs for the plurality of the assets 10.
  • the assets 10 may be equipment for capturing wind energy or turbines for generating energy or any other type of assets 10.
  • the application server 48 may track the above-identified data for any or all of the individual assets 10 such as wind turbine 100.
  • the application server 48 may also specifically identify each of the assets 10 and associate a geographic location with each of the assets 10.
  • the location server 60 tracks the location of mobile device 44 or a plurality of such devices and stores that location data in location database 62.
  • the location of the mobile device 44 may be determined by methods known to those skilled in the art, including but not limited to, GPS, a GPS, time delay of arrival, triangulation, or any other type of location determination algorithm or methodology.
  • the mobile device 44 may have an application client resident thereon for monitoring the condition of assets 10.
  • the application client may be configured to display on display 45 the status of any of the assets 10 being monitored by the application server 48.
  • the application client may include display 45 which displays the data relating to the nearest asset 10 relative to the mobile device 44 and may include, for example, a menu that provides selections to retrieve one or more of asset identification, asset location, asset operational status, asset operational schedule, asset maintenance status, asset maintenance schedule, asset fault data and any other asset data.
  • the data identified in Figure 5 and herein is exemplary only and any actual data may or may not include any or all of the example status categories and may include any additional categories of data and still fall within the scope of this disclosure.
  • the mobile device 44 may also serve as a portable data collector.
  • One or more inputs to the mobile device 44 may be made from one or more of the assets 10 using known communication techniques, including but not limited to a USB or other wired connecting, or Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or other wireless communications connection.
  • FIG. 6 there is shown a flow chart which is illustrative of an example method for monitoring the condition or status of the assets 10.
  • the location of the mobile device 44 is determined. The location may be determined by any one of a number of methodologies, including but not limited to, GPS, a GPS, time delay of arrival, triangulation, or any other type of location determination algorithm or methodology.
  • the asset 10 in closest proximity to the mobile device 44 is identified.
  • the condition or status data of the closest asset 10 is accessed.
  • the condition of the closest asset 10 may be received from the application server 48 or it may be derived by the mobile device 44 from information received from the application server 48.
  • the condition may, for example, include asset operational status, asset operational schedule, asset maintenance status, asset maintenance schedule, asset fault data, and any other asset data.
  • the condition or status data of the closest asset 10 is displayed on display 45 of mobile device 44.
  • the current location information of the field engineer is utilized to help the field engineer identify which assets are near them are under anomaly or require maintenance.
  • the method also allows portable data collectors to filter the data collection routes shown to the field engineer to include only the routes which are very close to the field engineer's current location.
  • the disclosure may enhance the accuracy of uploaded data to the portable data collector of the mobile device 44.
  • the data for the nearest asset 10 may be uploaded to the mobile device 44 acting as a portable data collector.
  • the condition or status data of the nearest asset 10 may be automatically displayed on the display 45 of the mobile device 44 or may be retrieved by a command issued by the mobile device 44.
  • the display may be limited to the data from one asset 10 or may include data from a plurality of assets 10 in close proximity to the mobile device 44.
  • data may be transmitted through voice communications or an alarm or any other type of mechanism.
  • the technical effect of the system and method is to enable the management and / or maintenance data to a field engineer using a mobile device 44 in an efficient and accurate manner.
  • data relating to one or more of the assets 10 may be sent from the application server 48 to the mobile device 44 based on the location of the mobile device 44 as determined by the location server 60.
  • the location server 60 may determine that the mobile device 44 is located in close proximity to one of the plurality of assets 10 which requires service and send a notification or other data to that mobile device 44 while the mobile device is in close proximity to the asset 10.
  • the data may be sent via SMS, text, MMS, or any other type of wireless data communications and may, for example, include an audio or visual alarm to alert the user of the mobile device 44 that data has been or is being sent to the mobile device 44.
  • an alternative may include using near field communications protocols such as Bluetooth, or alternatively, RFID communications, to determine the location of the mobile device 44 in relation to the assets 10 or as a relative position within the area 12.
  • Near field communications modules may be positioned across area 12 that broadcast relative location information that can aid the mobile device 44 to locate the nearest asset 10.
  • this invention may be applicable to the automatic displays based on location or based on a command from the mobile device.
  • One or more assets 10 may be preprogrammed into the mobile device to guide the user of the mobile device 44 through the plurality of assets 10, thereby creating a route through the area 12 to one or more specific assets within that area 12. While the disclosure has been described with respect to wind farms, other assets types including but not limited to steam turbines may also be considered to be within the scope and breadth of the disclosure.

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