ELECTRONIC DRIVER LOGGING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A logging system for a commercial motor vehicle (“
- CMV”
) operated by a driver, the logging system comprising;
a controller configured to be located in the CMV, and to monitor at least one operating parameter of the CMV;
a base unit configured to be located in the CMV, connected to the controller, and to receive and store the at least one operating parameter from the device;
a portable device configured to be coupled to the base unit, and configured to receive identifying information from the driver, to receive the at least one operating parameter from the base unit, to determine compliance data based, at least in part, on the identifying information and the at least one operating parameter, and to wirelessly transmit signals based on the compliance data, the portable device having a display, the portable device configured to generate a graphical user interface on the display, the graphical user interface having features to prompt the driver for the identifying information, trip information, and log submission and certification information, the graphical user interface having features to display a status of the CMV based, at least in part, on the identifying information and trip information, to list a plurality of logs based, at least in part, on the received operating parameter, and the identifying information and trip information, and to list at least one log unavailable in the portable device; and
a remote host configured to wirelessly receive the signals based on the compliance data, the identifying information, and the trip information, from the portable device, and to wirelessly manage the portable device based, at least in part, on the received signals.
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Abstract
A system for logging performance of a driver operating a vehicle that has a vehicle information system from which least one vehicle operating parameter may be obtained. The vehicle operating parameter collected through the vehicle information system and operator information collected from a portable device are wirelessly communicated to a remote host through a network such as the Internet.
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1. A logging system for a commercial motor vehicle (“
- CMV”
) operated by a driver, the logging system comprising;a controller configured to be located in the CMV, and to monitor at least one operating parameter of the CMV; a base unit configured to be located in the CMV, connected to the controller, and to receive and store the at least one operating parameter from the device; a portable device configured to be coupled to the base unit, and configured to receive identifying information from the driver, to receive the at least one operating parameter from the base unit, to determine compliance data based, at least in part, on the identifying information and the at least one operating parameter, and to wirelessly transmit signals based on the compliance data, the portable device having a display, the portable device configured to generate a graphical user interface on the display, the graphical user interface having features to prompt the driver for the identifying information, trip information, and log submission and certification information, the graphical user interface having features to display a status of the CMV based, at least in part, on the identifying information and trip information, to list a plurality of logs based, at least in part, on the received operating parameter, and the identifying information and trip information, and to list at least one log unavailable in the portable device; and a remote host configured to wirelessly receive the signals based on the compliance data, the identifying information, and the trip information, from the portable device, and to wirelessly manage the portable device based, at least in part, on the received signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for logging performance of a driver operating a commercial motor vehicle (“
- CMV”
), the system comprising;a base unit configured to be mounted in the CMV to receive at least one operating parameter from the CMV, and to store the at least one operating parameter; a portable device configured to be coupled to the base unit, and configured to receive identifying information from the driver, to receive the at least one operating parameter from the base unit, to determine compliance data based, at least in part, on the identifying information and the at least one operating parameter, and to wirelessly transmit signals based on the compliance data; the portable device having a display, the portable device configured to generate a graphical user interface on the display, the graphical user interface having features to prompt the driver for the identifying information, trip information, and log submission and certification information, to display a status of the CMV based, at least in part, on the identifying information and trip information, to list a plurality of logs based, at least in part, on the received operating parameter, and the identifying information and trip information, and to list at least one log unavailable in the portable device; and a remote host configured to wirelessly receive the signals from the portable device, and to wirelessly manage the portable device at least in part based on the received signals. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for logging performance of a driver operating a commercial motor vehicle (“
- CMV”
), the method comprising;receiving identifying information from the driver at a portable device; verifying the identifying information from the driver at the portable device; receiving at least one operating parameter from the CMV at the portable device once the identifying information has been verified; determining compliance data based, at least in part, on the identifying information and the at least one operating parameter at the portable device; wirelessly transmitting compliance signals indicative of the compliance data from the portable device; wirelessly receiving the compliance signals at a remote host from the portable device; generating managing signals based on the received signals at the remote hose; wirelessly transmitting the managing signals from the remote host to the portable device; wirelessly receiving the managing signals at the portable device; and managing performance of the driver and the vehicle based on the received managing signals. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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