Fleet vehicle feature activation
First Claim
1. A method of activating and deactivating one or more features of a fleet vehicle of a fleet comprising a plurality of fleet vehicles, the method comprising:
- determining, by a computing device comprising a processor and memory, a driving route of the fleet vehicle of the fleet comprising the plurality of fleet vehicles, the driving route being from a starting location to a destination location;
receiving, by the computing device, from a global positioning system in the fleet vehicle, route information of the fleet vehicle indicating that the fleet vehicle is no longer at the starting location and is adhering to the driving route;
determining, by the computing device, that a feature of the fleet vehicle is deactivated; and
after receiving the route information of the fleet vehicle and determining that the feature of the fleet vehicle is deactivated, causing, by the computing device, activation of the feature of the fleet vehicle based on determining that the fleet vehicle is adhering to the driving route.
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Abstract
A system including a processor and memory may provide for automatically activating or deactivating a feature of a fleet vehicle. For example, one or more fleet vehicles may include one or more of a global-positioning system, a speed governor, electronically-controlled brakes, an electronically-controlled accelerator, a speed limiter, or an on-board computer with a processor and memory. One or more features may be activated by a local or remote computing device or system. For example, a system may determine one or more recommended routes between two or more locations. The system may track a fleet vehicle'"'"'s progress along a route, and activate a feature of the fleet vehicle based on the fleet vehicle following or not following the recommended route. For example, the system may cause activation of a speed limiter on the fleet vehicle, disable the fleet vehicle, and/or activate or deactivate autonomous features of the fleet vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of activating and deactivating one or more features of a fleet vehicle of a fleet comprising a plurality of fleet vehicles, the method comprising:
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determining, by a computing device comprising a processor and memory, a driving route of the fleet vehicle of the fleet comprising the plurality of fleet vehicles, the driving route being from a starting location to a destination location; receiving, by the computing device, from a global positioning system in the fleet vehicle, route information of the fleet vehicle indicating that the fleet vehicle is no longer at the starting location and is adhering to the driving route; determining, by the computing device, that a feature of the fleet vehicle is deactivated; and after receiving the route information of the fleet vehicle and determining that the feature of the fleet vehicle is deactivated, causing, by the computing device, activation of the feature of the fleet vehicle based on determining that the fleet vehicle is adhering to the driving route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Non-transitory computer-readable media storing executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a system to:
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determine a starting location of a fleet vehicle of a fleet comprising a plurality of fleet vehicles, the fleet vehicle capable of at least one autonomous or semi-autonomous function; receive a destination location for the fleet vehicle; determine a driving route from the starting location to the destination location; receive, from a global positioning unit in the fleet vehicle, information indicating that the fleet vehicle is no longer at the starting location and is not along the driving route; and after receiving the information indicating that the fleet vehicle is no longer at the starting location and is not along the driving route, activate the at least one autonomous or semi-autonomous function of the fleet vehicle based on the fleet vehicle not being along the driving route.
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20. A system comprising:
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at least one processor; non-transitory memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to; determine a driving route of a fleet vehicle from a starting location to a destination location; receive location information of the fleet vehicle from a computing device in the fleet vehicle; determine that the fleet vehicle is no longer at the starting location and is adhering to the driving route; and after receiving the location information of the fleet vehicle, activate an autonomous or semi-autonomous function of the fleet vehicle, based on a location of the fleet vehicle adhering to the driving route.
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