Task assignment system and method for operating a test cell

US10635998B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Caterpillar Inc. · US

Inventors

• Douglas Edward Frieden · Sterling Heights, US
• Matthew John Hallam Larkins · Dunlap, US
• Michael S. Bond · Chillicothe, US
• Abhijit Patkar · Dunlap, US
• Naveen Kumar S. Aproop · Peoria, US
• Mehar Prakash Gourishetty · Peoria, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 4, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C5/0841
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computing device may be disposed in a command center positioned remotely from each test cell of a plurality of test cells of a testing facility. The computing device may include a visual display disposed in the command center and may include a network transceiver configured to receive monitored parameters of a test object disposed in each test cell. The computing device may include a command center module in communication with, at least, the network transceiver and the visual display. The command center module may be configured to execute instructions for: presenting, via the visual display, tests associated with the test object; receiving the monitored parameters of the test object; presenting, via the visual display, tasks associated with the tests; selectively assigning the tasks to a staff member; and communicating the assigned task to the staff member for performing the assigned task associated with the test object.