SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING VEHICLE AND VEHICLE OPERATOR EFFICIENCY
First Claim
1. A fleet management computer system for assessing vehicle efficiency, said fleet management computer system comprising:
- one or more memory storage areas; and
one or more processors in communication with said one or more memory storage areas;
wherein said processors are, collectively, configured to;
receive vehicle telematics data indicative of one or more vehicle dynamics for at least one vehicle during one or more time periods;
determine, based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, an engine run time value representing the cumulative time during which said at least one vehicle'"'"'s engine was running during said one or more time periods;
determine, based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, an engine idle time value representing the cumulative time during which said at least one vehicle'"'"'s engine was idling during said one or more time periods; and
determine, based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, an idle percentage of engine run time value representing the percentage of said engine run time during which said at least one vehicle'"'"'s engine was idling during said one or more time periods.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a fleet management computer system for assessing vehicle efficiency. According to various embodiments, the fleet management computer system is configured for receiving and assessing vehicle telematics data in order to determine an idle percentage of engine run time value representing the percentage of the vehicle'"'"'s engine run time during which the vehicle'"'"'s engine was idling during the one or more time periods. In addition, the fleet management computer system may be configured for assessing vehicle telematics data in order to identify segment of engine idle time and generate a graphical display indicating various attributes of the identified idle time segments. The idle time percentage and idle time segments generated by the system can be used to assess the efficiency of vehicles and/or vehicle operators in an associated fleet.
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22 Claims
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1. A fleet management computer system for assessing vehicle efficiency, said fleet management computer system comprising:
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one or more memory storage areas; and one or more processors in communication with said one or more memory storage areas; wherein said processors are, collectively, configured to; receive vehicle telematics data indicative of one or more vehicle dynamics for at least one vehicle during one or more time periods; determine, based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, an engine run time value representing the cumulative time during which said at least one vehicle'"'"'s engine was running during said one or more time periods; determine, based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, an engine idle time value representing the cumulative time during which said at least one vehicle'"'"'s engine was idling during said one or more time periods; and determine, based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, an idle percentage of engine run time value representing the percentage of said engine run time during which said at least one vehicle'"'"'s engine was idling during said one or more time periods. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A fleet management computer system for assessing vehicle efficiency, said fleet management computer system comprising:
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one or more memory storage areas; and one or more processors in communication with said one or more memory storage areas; wherein said processors are, collectively, configured to; receive vehicle telematics data, said vehicle telematics data being indicative of one or more vehicle dynamics for at least one vehicle during one or more time periods; identify segments of engine idle time based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, each of said engine idle segments representing a period of time during which said at least one vehicle'"'"'s engine is idling; and generate a graphical display indicating one or more attributes of said engine idle segments. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions for:
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receiving vehicle telematics data indicative of one or more vehicle dynamics for at least one vehicle during one or more time periods; determining, based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, an engine run time value representing the cumulative time during which said at least one vehicle'"'"'s engine was running during said one or more time periods; determining, based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, an engine idle time value representing the cumulative time during which said at least one vehicle'"'"'s engine was idling during said one or more time periods; and determining, based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, an idle percentage of engine run time value representing the percentage of said engine run time during which said at least one vehicle'"'"'s engine was idling during said one or more time periods.
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22. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions for:
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receiving vehicle telematics data, said vehicle telematics data being indicative of one or more vehicle dynamics for at least one vehicle during one or more time periods; identifying segments of engine idle time based at least in part on said vehicle telematics data, each of said engine idle segments representing a period of time during which said at least one vehicle'"'"'s engine is idling; and generating a graphical display indicating one or more attributes of said engine idle segments.
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