Central access control system
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1. An access control system for a fleet of vehicles comprising:
- a plurality of vehicle keys having an embedded communication circuit, each communication circuit being programmable for a vehicle operator;
an access control workstation including a central computer having means for inputting information to the central computer and means for outputting information from the central computer; and
a read and write mechanism coupled to the central computer, wherein the central computer is operable to electronically communicate with the embedded communication circuit of each of the plurality of vehicle keys and to program each of the plurality of operator'"'"'s keys with at least a first digital signal, and further wherein the central computer is operable to enable at least two of the plurality of operator'"'"'s keys to gain access to an operating system of at least one work vehicle of the fleet of vehicles.
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Abstract
An access control system for work vehicles has a display, an operator input device and a computer configured to program individual vehicles keys to operate individual vehicles or groups of vehicles.
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16 Claims
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1. An access control system for a fleet of vehicles comprising:
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a plurality of vehicle keys having an embedded communication circuit, each communication circuit being programmable for a vehicle operator;
an access control workstation including a central computer having means for inputting information to the central computer and means for outputting information from the central computer; and
a read and write mechanism coupled to the central computer, wherein the central computer is operable to electronically communicate with the embedded communication circuit of each of the plurality of vehicle keys and to program each of the plurality of operator'"'"'s keys with at least a first digital signal, and further wherein the central computer is operable to enable at least two of the plurality of operator'"'"'s keys to gain access to an operating system of at least one work vehicle of the fleet of vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of operating an access control system for a fleet of work vehicles, the access system having an access control workstation including a central computer and a key reader and writer coupled to the computer and operable to read digital data from and write digital data to a communications circuit of a key, the method comprising the steps of:
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electronically coupling a first key to the key reader and writer, the first key including characteristics of a first work vehicle stored in digital form;
electronically transmitting the characteristics of the first work vehicle from the first key to the central computer; and
enrolling the first work vehicle in the fleet. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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