Vehicular telematics device with voltage sensor-predicated GPS reciever activation
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1. Vehicle-status-evaluating means operable to distinguishably sense between inactive-vehicle and active-vehicle states and including power-switching means operable to selectively power-up an associated vehicular device in response to a vehicle-status-evaluating means sensed active-vehicle state.
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Abstract
A vehicle-status-evaluating device is operable to distinguishably sense between inactive-vehicle and active-vehicle states and includes a power-switch operable to selectively power-up an associated vehicular device in response to a vehicle-status-evaluating device sensed active-vehicle state. An on-board, battery-powered telematics device, a telematics system, and a telematics display and a related method are included.
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- 1. Vehicle-status-evaluating means operable to distinguishably sense between inactive-vehicle and active-vehicle states and including power-switching means operable to selectively power-up an associated vehicular device in response to a vehicle-status-evaluating means sensed active-vehicle state.
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9. A GNSS receiver operable in connection with a vehicle-status-evaluating means itself operable to distinguishably sense between inactive-vehicle and active-vehicle states and including power-switching means operable to selectively power-up said GNSS receiver in response to a vehicle-status-evaluating means sensed active-vehicle state.
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10. A vehicular battery-powered, on-board telematics device comprising:
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a. vehicular operational sensing and/or positional sensing means operable to be powered-down during corresponding states of vehicle inactivity; b. connected in data transferring relation to one or both of; i. operational and/or positional data reporting telecommunications means; and
,ii. operational and/or positional data logging means; and, c. vehicle status evaluating means operable to distinguish between inactive vehicle and active vehicle states, and comprising one or more of the group consisting of; i. vehicle power supply voltage drop sensing means; ii. vehicle power supply voltage noise sensing means; iii. vehicle control system communications bus high/low voltage change sensing means; iv. vehicle acceleration sensing means comprising one or more of; 1. shock-sensing means; and
,2. vehicle relocation-sensing means, wherein said vehicle status evaluating means distinguishes between inactive and active vehicle states corresponding to one or more of; a vehicle power supply voltage drop sensing means sensed vehicle power supply voltage drop; a vehicle power supply voltage noise sensing means sensed vehicle power supply voltage noise; a vehicle control system communications bus high/low voltage change sensing means sensed high/low voltage change on said vehicle control module communication bus; and
/or,sensed vehicle acceleration; and
,wherein said vehicle status evaluating means is co-operable with said vehicular operational sensing and/or positional sensing means to selectively power-up said vehicular operational and/or positional sensing means in response to a vehicle status evaluating means sensed active state; and
,wherein said vehicular operational and/or positional sensing means is in turn, operable to sense corresponding operational and/or positional conditions verifying sensing-means sensed inactive or active states of a vehicle equipped with said device; and
,wherein said operational/positional data reporting telecommunication means and/or operational/positional data logging means are operable when so powered-up to respectively report/log a verified vehicle state. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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- 22. A telematics system comprising an on-board, vehicular battery powered telematics device including a vehicle telemetry telecommunications means operable to communicate with a remote vehicular monitoring device, and including a vehicle-status-evaluating means operable to distinguishably sense between inactive-vehicle and active-vehicle states and including power-switching means operable to selectively power-up an associated vehicular device in response to a vehicle-status-evaluating means sensed active-vehicle state.
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24. A vehicular activity state telemetry display:
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responsive to a remote vehicle-status-evaluating means operable to distinguishably sense between inactive-vehicle and active-vehicle states and including power-switching means operable to selectively power-up an associated vehicular device in response to a vehicle-status-evaluating means sensed active-vehicle state; and
,operable in response thereto, to display said vehicles current activity state and receive data form said selectively powered-up associated vehicular device.
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25. A method for selectively powering-up a vehicular device, employing vehicle-status-evaluating means to distinguishably sense between inactive-vehicle and active-vehicle states and operating power-switching means operable to selectively power-up an associated vehicular device in response to a vehicle-status-evaluating means sensed active-vehicle state.
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