Method of Transmitting Monitoring Information

• US 20070290818A1
• Filed: 11/05/2004
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricardo UK Limited (Ricardo PLC)
• Original Assignee: Ricardo UK Limited (Ricardo PLC)
• Inventors: Poskett, Simon, Clarke, Ian, Garland, Dean, King, Stuart, Peters, Ross, Pointer, Martin, Clark, David, Marshall, Alex
• Application Number:
  US10/578,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20070290818A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/425.5
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 17/007 Wheeled or endless-tracked vehicles G01M17/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/12 in graphical form

Abstract

In order to transmit information relating to vehicle or vehicle component testing or monitoring at a test site, the test information is processed for example in a computer memory and the resulting image signal is sent via a transmission medium to a remote terminal where it is reconstructed. As a result only the image signal is sent requiring reduced bandwidth.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting monitoring information from a monitoring site to a remote site, comprising receiving monitoring information at the monitoring site, processing the monitoring data to form a human viewable representation signal and transmitting the human viewable representation signal to a remote site.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising receiving the human viewable representation signal at a remote site and displaying the signal as a human viewable representation.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 further comprising transmitting control instructions from the remote site to the monitoring site.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2 further comprising processing the human viewable representation at the remote site to derive monitoring data.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 in which the monitoring information is processed to form a human viewable representation signal by computer.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 in which the monitoring information is test information for example vehicle or vehicle component monitoring data.

8. A computer program comprising a set of instructions configured to implement a method as claimed in claim 1.

9. A computer configured to run under the instructions of a computer program as claimed in claim 8.

10. A computer readable medium storing a computer program as claimed in claim 8.

11. The method as claimed in claim 3 further comprising processing the human viewable representation at the remote site to derive monitoring data.

12. The method as claimed in claim 2 in which the monitoring information is processed to form a human viewable representation signal by computer.

13. The method as claimed in claim 3 in which the monitoring information is processed to form a human viewable representation signal by computer.

14. The method as claimed in claim 4 in which the monitoring information is processed to form a human viewable representation signal by computer.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11 in which the monitoring information is processed to form a human viewable representation signal by computer.

6. A method of receiving monitoring information from a monitoring site at a remote site comprising receiving, at the remote site, a human viewable representation signal representing the monitoring information and displaying the human viewable representation of that monitoring signal.

16. The method as claimed in claim 6 in which the monitoring information is test information for example vehicle or vehicle component monitoring data.

17. A computer program comprising a set of instructions configured to implement a method as claimed in claim 6.

18. A computer configured to run under the instructions of a computer program as claimed in claim 17.

19. A computer readable medium storing a computer program as claimed in claim 17.