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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2023
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Anthony Dean Mcnealy, Dunlap, IL (US);
Russell Aaron Schloss, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Carsten Thees, Sewickley, PA (US);
Robert Jason Mcgee, Clayton, NC (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A node monitoring system, including a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes registered and connected with a controller to simultaneously receive and return a short poll signal and a long poll signal; and a controller configured to: register an area as an operation zone having a boundary; simultaneously send and receive a short poll signal and a long poll signal to and from each of the plurality of nodes; command at least one of the plurality of nodes to power off in response to a failure to receive the short poll signal from the at least one of the plurality of nodes; alert others of the plurality of nodes that the at least one of the plurality of nodes is operating outside of a spatial boundary.