IP Library Granted Patent US 9,494,623
Granted Patent B2
US 9,494,623 · App. 14/503,347 · Granted Nov 15, 2016

High-voltage detector monitoring system

Inventor: William J. McNulty (Washington, DC)
Assignee: HD Electric Company
G01R19/155
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Patent No.
US 9,494,623
App. No.
14/503,347
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mechanism for providing monitoring of electric field detectors. In accordance with instructions on a machine-readable medium, a computing system receives from a device data corresponding to a user identifier. Further, the computing device identifies from a plurality of electric field detectors one or more electric field detectors associated with the user identifier and identifies status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors. The status data for each electric field detector in the plurality of electric field detectors comprises data indicative of at least (i) a location of the electric field detector and (ii) an alarm state of the electric field detector. Additionally, the computing system causes a display component of the device to display a graphical user interface that presents indicia of the status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors.

Claims (58)

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computing system to carry out functions comprising:

receiving, via a communication interface of a device, data corresponding to a user identifier, wherein the communication interface is configured to communicate with a remote device;

identifying from a plurality of electric field detectors one or more electric field detectors associated with the user identifier;

identifying status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors, wherein the status data for each electric field detector in the plurality of electric field detectors comprises data indicative of at least (i) a location of the electric field detector and (ii) an alarm state of the electric field detector; and

causing a display component of the device to display a graphical user interface that presents indicia of the status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface further presents a representation of a map, and wherein each presented indicia comprises an icon that (i) is displayed at a position on the map representative of the location of a corresponding electric field detector and (ii) has a color indicative of the alarm state of the corresponding electric field detector.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the functions further comprise:

receiving data representative of a selection of one of the presented indicia; and based on the selection, identifying a selected electric field detector from the identified one or more electric field detectors; and

presenting via the graphical user interface a message box that includes textual representations of the status data for the selected electric field detector.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein each of the presented indicia includes a textual representation of (i) the location of a corresponding electric field detector and (ii) the alarm state of the corresponding electric field detector, and wherein the presented indicia of the status data are arranged in a list comprising one or more blocks of status data, each block corresponding to one of the identified one or more electric field detectors.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 4 , wherein the status data for each electric field detector in the plurality of electric field detectors further comprises at least one of (i) a name of a user of the corresponding electric field detector, (ii) an identification number of the corresponding electric field detector, and (iii) a timestamp, and

wherein each of the presented indicia includes a textual representation of at least one of (i) the name of the user of the corresponding electric field detector, (ii) the identification number of the corresponding electric field detector, and (iii) the timestamp.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 4 , the functions further comprising:

receiving data indicative of a request to filter the list such that the list is limited to presenting indicia of electric field detectors that are alarming;

based on the alarm state for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors, identifying a set of one of more electric field detectors that are not alarming; and

removing from the graphical user interface the presented indicia corresponding to each electric field detector in the set of one or more electric field detectors.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium 1 , the functions further comprising:

receiving updated status data for a first electric field detector, wherein the first electric field detector is one of the identified one or more electric field detectors, and wherein the updated status data comprises an update to at least one of (i) the location of the first electric field detector or (ii) the alarm state of the first electric field detector; and

responsive to receiving the updated status data, updating the indicia of the status data for the first electric field detector to reflect the updated status data.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium claim 1 , the functions further comprising:

receiving updated status data for a first electric field detector, wherein the first electric field detector is one of the identified one or more electric field detectors, and wherein the updated status data comprises an updated alarm state of the first electric field detector;

determining that the alarm state includes data indicative of the first electric field detector alarming; and

responsive to the determining, (i) identifying one or more devices to alert; (ii) generating an alert signal, wherein the alert signal includes data indicative of the first electric field alarming; and (iii) sending the alert signal to each of the one or more devices to alert, thereby causing each of the identified one or more devices to provide at least one of a visual output, an audible output, or a tactile output.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein identifying the one or more devices to alert comprises:

identifying a set of one or more electric field detectors in the plurality of electric field detectors that are within a range from the location of the first electric field detector; and

for each electric field detector in the set of one or more electric field detectors, identifying a user device communicatively coupled to the electric field detector as one of the one or more devices to alert.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising determining that the device is operating in a monitoring mode, wherein the device is operating in the monitoring mode when not communicatively coupled to one of the electric field detectors included in the plurality of electric field detectors; and

responsive to the determining, identifying the device as one of the one or more devices to alert.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the user identifier is uniquely associated with the one or more electric field detectors or one or more users of the one or more electric field detectors.

12. A method comprising:

receiving, via a communication interface of a device, data corresponding to a user identifier, wherein the communication interface is configured to communicate with a remote device;

identifying from a plurality of electric field detectors one or more electric field detectors associated with the user identifier;

identifying status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors, wherein the status data for each electric field detector in the plurality of electric field detectors comprises data indicative of at least (i) a location of the electric field detector and (ii) an alarm state of the electric field detector; and

causing a display component of the device to display a graphical user interface that presents indicia of the status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the graphical user interface further presents a representation of a map, and wherein each presented indicia comprises an icon that (i) is displayed at a position on the map that is representative of the location of a corresponding electric field detector and (ii) has a color indicative of the alarm state of the corresponding electric field detector.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein each of the presented indicia includes a textual representation of (i) the location of a corresponding electric field detector and (ii) the alarm state of the corresponding electric field detector, and wherein the presented indicia of the status data are arranged in a list comprising one or more blocks of status data, each block corresponding to one of the identified one or more electric field detectors.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the status data for each electric field detector in the plurality of electric field detectors further comprises at least one of (i) a name of a user of the corresponding electric field detector, (ii) an identification number of the corresponding electric field detector, and (iii) a timestamp, and

wherein each of the presented indicia includes a textual representation of at least one of (i) the name of the user of the corresponding electric field detector, (ii) the identification number of the corresponding electric field detector, and (iii) the timestamp.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving data indicative of a request to filter the list such that the list is limited to presenting indicia of electric field detectors that are alarming;

based on the alarm state for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors, identifying a set of one of more electric field detectors that are not alarming; and

removing from the graphical user interface the presented indicia corresponding to each electric field detector in the set of one or more electric field detectors.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving updated status data for a first electric field detector, wherein the first electric field detector is one of the identified one or more electric field detectors, and wherein the updated status data comprises an update to at least one of (i) the location of the first electric field detector or (ii) the alarm state of the first electric field detector; and

responsive to receiving the updated status data, updating the indicia of the status data for the first electric field detector to reflect the updated status data.

18. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving updated status data for a first electric field detector, wherein the first electric field detector is one of the identified one or more electric field detectors, and wherein the updated status data comprises an updated alarm state of the first electric field detector;

determining that the alarm state includes data indicative of the first electric field detector alarming; and

responsive to the determining, (i) identifying one or more devices to alert; (ii) generating an alert signal, wherein the alert signal includes data indicative of the first electric field alarming; and (iii) sending the alert signal to each of the one or more devices to alert, and causing each of the identified one or more devices to provide at least one of a visual output, an audible output, or a tactile output.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein identifying the one or more device to alert comprises:

identifying a set of one or more electric field detectors in the plurality of electric field detectors that are within a range from the location of the first electric field detector; and

for each electric field detector in the set of one or more electric field detectors, identifying a user device communicatively coupled to the electric field detector as one of the one or more devices to alert.

20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising: determining that the device is operating in a monitoring mode, wherein the device is operating in the monitoring mode when not communicatively coupled to one of the electric field detectors included in the plurality of electric field detectors; and responsive to the determining, identifying the device as one of the one or more devices to alert.

21. An apparatus comprising at least one processor, the at least one processor being configured to cause the apparatus to:

receive, via a communication interface of a device, data corresponding to a user identifier, wherein the communication interface is configured to communicate with a remote device;

identify from a plurality of electric field detectors one or more electric field detectors associated with the user identifier;

identify status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors, wherein the status data for each electric field detector in the plurality of electric field detectors comprises data indicative of at least (i) a location of the electric field detector and (ii) an alarm state of the electric field detector; and

cause a display component of the device to display a graphical user interface that presents indicia of the status data for each of the identified one or more electric field detectors.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Apr 23, 2020
From: HD ELECTRIC COMPANY
To: GREENLEE TOOLS, INC.
Reel/Frame 052474/0739 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2014
From: MCNULTY, WILLIAM J.
To: HD ELECTRIC COMPANY
Reel/Frame 033934/0857 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61885496 · Oct 1, 2013
Related Publication 20150091735A1 · Apr 2, 2015