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公开(公告)号:US20220250279A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-11
申请号:US17668967
申请日:2022-02-10
发明人: Denis Beaupre
摘要: A method for detecting segregation occurring in fresh concrete mixture being agitated in a drum generally includes: rotating said drum about its rotation axis at a low rotational speed for agitating said fresh concrete mixture during at least a rotation; said fresh concrete mixture segregating, said segregating including gravity pulling denser concrete ingredients downwards in said fresh concrete mixture; measuring a plurality of pressure values indicative of pressure exerted onto a rheological probe mounted inside said drum and moving through said fresh concrete mixture as said drum rotates; providing reference data indicative of a behaviour of said rheological probe in a fresh concrete mixture in said absence of said segregating; and detecting that said segregating has occurred, including comparing at least some of said measured pressure values to said reference data.
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公开(公告)号:US20210406267A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-30
申请号:US17355589
申请日:2021-06-23
发明人: Douglas A. Moore , Todd McPartlin
IPC分类号: G06F16/2455 , G06F16/22 , G06F21/62 , G06F16/25
摘要: A partition key format for allocating partitions to data items in a single table database, where the data items are owned by different entities. The partition key format including a sequence of a plurality of frames, wherein a first of said frames is an identifier of the requesting entity (EID), and a second one of said frames is an identifier of the type of data item (TID).
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公开(公告)号:US20210001765A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-07
申请号:US16916310
申请日:2020-06-30
发明人: Denis Beaupre , Jerome Chapdelaine
摘要: There is described a method for determining cleanliness of a drum of a fresh concrete mixer truck. The method generally has: rotating the drum about the rotation axis with a constant torque; using a rotational speed sensor, measuring a plurality of speed values corresponding to speeds at which the drum rotates at different moments in time during said rotating; and using a controller, receiving the plurality of speed values; accessing calibration data having different reference speed values-related data associated to corresponding reference degrees of cleanliness of the drum; comparing at least some of the speed values to the calibration data; and determining a degree of cleanliness of the drum based on said comparison.
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公开(公告)号:US20190204197A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-04
申请号:US16311281
申请日:2017-07-04
发明人: Denis BEAUPRE
IPC分类号: G01N9/24 , G01N29/024 , G01N29/22 , G01N29/44 , G01N33/38
CPC分类号: G01N9/24 , G01N29/00 , G01N29/024 , G01N29/222 , G01N29/4418 , G01N29/4427 , G01N33/383 , G01N2291/011 , G01N2291/02416 , G01N2291/02818 , G01N2291/048 , G01N2291/102
摘要: There is disclosed a computer-implemented method for determining a density value of a fresh concrete sample using an acoustic probe assembly. The acoustic probe assembly has an acoustic path, an acoustic emitter configured to emit an acoustic signal along the acoustic path, and an acoustic receiver configured to receive the acoustic signal after propagation along the acoustic path. The acoustic probe assembly is configured and adapted to generate an electromagnetic signal indicative of a duration of time taken by the acoustic signal to travel from the acoustic emitter to the acoustic receiver across the fresh concrete sample. The method generally has a step of determining the duration of time based on the electromagnetic signal, a step of matching the duration to a density value using reference data, and a step of displaying the density value.
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公开(公告)号:US11965837B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-23
申请号:US17600964
申请日:2020-03-31
发明人: Denis Beaupre , Pierre Siccardi
CPC分类号: G01N23/083 , B28C5/422 , G01N23/10 , G01N33/383 , G01P15/00 , G08B21/182 , G01N2223/04 , G01N2223/33 , G01N2223/639
摘要: There is described a system for determining air content of fresh concrete received in a drum of a concrete mixer. The system generally has a high energy photon source mounted to the drum and emitting high energy photons towards a photon path rotating about a rotation axis as the drum rotates, the photon path is immersed in the fresh concrete during rotation, a photon detector mounted to the drum, the photon detector counting high energy photons received from the photon path; and generating a signal indicative of a number of counted events; a computing device determining an air content value of the fresh concrete based on the generated signal and on reference data; comparing the determined air content value to an air content threshold; and generating an alert based on the comparison to be displayed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230150170A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-18
申请号:US17908160
申请日:2021-03-01
发明人: Denis BEAUPRE , Jerome CHAPDELAINE , Robin JEAN
CPC分类号: B28C7/024 , B28C5/422 , G01N9/16 , G01N33/383 , G01N2011/0046
摘要: There is described a probe for monitoring fresh concrete received in a drum of a fresh concrete mixer. The probe generally has an electromechanical actuator having a frame mounted within the drum and a moving element actuatably mounted to the frame, the moving element having a fresh concrete interface exposed within the drum and experiencing a resistance to movement within the drum upon actuation of the electromechanical actuator with an electrical signal; and a measurement unit measuring a resistance response during the actuation and generating a response signal based on the measured resistance response, the generated response signal comprising monitoring Information concerning the fresh concrete within the drum, if any.
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公开(公告)号:US20220214209A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-07
申请号:US17594120
申请日:2020-03-31
发明人: Denis Beaupre , Steve Cox
摘要: There is described a method for confirming delivery of bulk material from a bed of a dump truck based on hydraulic pressure. The dump truck has a driving device moving the bed between a rest position and a delivery position. The method generally having: using a hydraulic pressure sensor, measuring a plurality of hydraulic pressure values indicative of pressure of a hydraulic fluid of the driving device as the bed is moved; and using a controller communicatively coupled to the hydraulic pressure sensor: monitoring a slope at which at least some of the plurality of hydraulic pressure values vary over a given period of time; and generating a delivery confirmation indicative that a delivery of the bulk material has occurred based on a comparison between said monitored slope and a delivery slope threshold.
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公开(公告)号:US20220036493A1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-03
申请号:US17384852
申请日:2021-07-26
发明人: Rob Piosik
摘要: There is provided a method of coordinating the actions of a plurality of trucks using at least one beacon sending a first signal including a first signal beacon identifier to a first truck device of a first one of the trucks, the at least one beacon sending a second signal including a second signal beacon identifier to a second truck device of a second one of the trucks, a coordinating computer receiving a first input from the first truck device, the first input including at least the first signal beacon identifier and a first truck identifier, receiving a second input from the second truck device, the second input including at least the second signal beacon identifier and a second truck identifier, determining a queue order for the trucks based on the first input and the second input, and transmitting directive signals to the trucks based on the queue order.
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公开(公告)号:US11224989B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-18
申请号:US17045299
申请日:2019-05-02
发明人: Denis Beaupre
IPC分类号: B28C5/42
摘要: There is described a method for determining a volume of fresh concrete being discharged from a drum during a discharge, the drum being rotatable and having inwardly protruding blades mounted inside the drum which, when the drum is rotated in an unloading direction, force the fresh concrete towards a discharge outlet of the drum. The method generally has discharging a volume of the fresh concrete from the drum by rotating the drum in the unloading direction for a given number of discharge rotations; obtaining discharge flow rate variation data indicative of a discharge flow rate varying as function of discharge rotations; and determining a discharged volume value indicative of the volume of fresh concrete being discharged from the drum of the mixer truck during said discharge based on the given number of discharge rotations and on the discharge flow rate variation data.
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公开(公告)号:US11041794B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-22
申请号:US16329124
申请日:2017-08-30
发明人: Denis Beaupre
摘要: The rheological probe generally has a base; an inner member fixedly connected to the base and extending away from the base, the inner member having in succession a base portion proximate to the base, and a tip away from the base, and a deformable portion located between the base portion and the tip; a shell member covering the inner member, the shell member having a proximal portion being pivotally connected to the base for pivoting about a pivot axis when subjected to a resistance pressure imparted by a relative movement of the probe in a rheological substance, and a distal portion, the distal portion being engaged with the tip, the shell member having mating features being pivotally engaged with corresponding features of the base, the mating features being located on transversally opposite sides of the proximal portion; and a deformation sensor mounted to the deformable portion.
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