Real-Time Dynamic Heavy-Vehicle Idle Alarm
First Claim
1. A system for managing internal combustion engine idling operation, the system comprising:
- a communication center communicatively coupled to at least one vehicle having an internal combustion engine;
a database having idling regulation information stored therein based, at least in part, upon geographic; and
a vehicle having the internal combustion engine and further comprisingan idling detection system including;
an idle detect sensor;
a processor operably coupled to the idle detect sensor; and
a position information module operably coupled to the processor to provide vehicle position information; and
wherein the processor is configured to monitor vehicle idling and provide a warning thereof based upon an idling regulation stored in the database selected by vehicle position information.
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Abstract
A system for managing engine idling operation is provided. The system includes a communication center communicatively coupled to at least one vehicle having an engine. A database is provided that has idling regulation information stored therein based, at least, upon geographic location. The vehicle with the engine further includes an idling detection system. The idling detection system includes an idle detect sensor, a processor and a location information module, such as a GPS receiver. The processor is operably coupled to the idle detect sensor. The location information module is operably coupled to the processor to provide position information relative to the vehicle. The processor is configured to monitor vehicle idling and provide a warning thereof based upon an idling regulation stored in the database selected by current vehicle position information.
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49 Claims
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1. A system for managing internal combustion engine idling operation, the system comprising:
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a communication center communicatively coupled to at least one vehicle having an internal combustion engine; a database having idling regulation information stored therein based, at least in part, upon geographic; and a vehicle having the internal combustion engine and further comprising an idling detection system including; an idle detect sensor; a processor operably coupled to the idle detect sensor; and a position information module operably coupled to the processor to provide vehicle position information; and wherein the processor is configured to monitor vehicle idling and provide a warning thereof based upon an idling regulation stored in the database selected by vehicle position information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of identifying and reacting to an engine idling condition of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle, the method comprising:
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detecting a vehicle idling condition; obtaining location information upon detection of the vehicle idling condition, and using the location information to retrieve relevant regulation information; initiating a timer based upon the retrieved regulation information; and upon expiration of the timer, providing a notification relative to the engine idling state. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An engine monitoring system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
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an engine idling sensor; a vehicle position sensor; a processor operably coupled to the idling sensor and the vehicle position sensor; an idling regulation database providing regulation information based, at least in part, of geographic location, the database being physically stored within the vehicle and being operably coupled to the processor; and wherein the processor is configured to detect an engine idle condition using the engine idling sensor and provide a warning based upon an engine idling regulation retrieved from the idling regulation database based upon vehicle position information provided to the processor by the vehicle position sensor. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of operating a control center to manage engine idling conditions of a plurality of internal combustion engines, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of an engine idling state of a vehicle having one of the internal combustion engines; obtaining position information relative to the vehicle; obtaining idling regulation information based upon the position information; and providing the idling regulation information. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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