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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2020
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A method includes an operation of receiving first position information, indicative of a first material plant checkpoint in which an equipment enters a first material plant geofence a first time. The method also includes receiving second position information, indicative of a first machine checkpoint in which the equipment enters and/or exits a machine geofence. The method also includes receiving third position information, indicative of a second material plant checkpoint in which the equipment enters the first material plant geofence a second time. The method also includes creating an association between the first material plant checkpoint and the second material plant checkpoint. The method also includes determining the equipment cycle time based at least partly on a time associated with the first material plant checkpoint and a time associated with the second material plant checkpoint.