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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2019
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Nigel G. Smith, Peoria, IL (US);
Todd A. Dawson, Middleboro, MA (US);
Matthew D. Fletcher, Washington, IL (US);
Snigdha N. Pande, Peoria, IL (US);
Xinyu L. Wen, Peoria, IL (US);
Silvano V. Angelone, Stow, MA (US);
Samuel R. Soto, Peoria, IL (US);
Elisa B. Begner, Elmwood, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A system and method for monitoring fatigue during operation of equipment is provided. A system includes a processor subsystem; and a memory comprising instructions, which when executed by the processor subsystem, cause the processor subsystem to: determine a number of fatigue events of that an operator experienced while operating equipment over a time period; determine a weighted alertness score based on the number of fatigue events, the weighted alertness score determined using a non-linear function; and initiate a remedial response based on the weighted alertness score.