Patent ID: 11928980
Assignee: CATERPILLAR INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  E  H | IPC E  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for identifying operation events of a heavy-duty vehicle, the method comprising:
storing a plurality of patterns representing the operation events of the heavy-duty vehicle in a memory;
affixing a first heavy-duty interactive (HDi) monitor to the heavy-duty vehicle;
installing a selected work tool from a plurality of work tools each having an affixed second HDi monitor, on the heavy-duty vehicle;
operating the heavy-duty vehicle and the installed work tool over time;
collecting sensor data with the first HDi monitor and the respective second HDi monitor as the heavy-duty vehicle and the installed work tool are operated;
identifying a heavy-duty vehicle operation event by comparing the sensor data with the plurality of patterns stored in the memory; and
detecting an association between the installed work tool and the heavy-duty vehicle based on a comparison of the sensor data from the first HDi monitor and the sensor data from the respective second HDi monitor.