SAFETY MONITORING IN SYSTEMS OF MOBILE ASSETS
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1. An apparatus for providing safety monitoring notifications comprising:
- a GPS receiver; and
firmware configured, at least in part, to;
evaluate a safety criteria;
provide a safety monitoring notification responsive to the safety criteria being satisfied;
generate a first event responsive to acknowledgement of the safety monitoring notification indicating assistance requested; and
generate a second event responsive to acknowledgement of the safety monitoring notification indicating no assistance requested.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for safety monitoring are described. Mobile assets may receive safety monitoring notifications responsive to one or more safety criteria being met. A driver or other user of the mobile asset may be prompted to acknowledge the safety monitoring notification. If the user requests assistance or does not acknowledge the safety monitoring notification, notifications may be communicated to other individuals, e.g. supervisors. In this manner, the safety of, e.g. drivers in a fleet of vehicles may be monitored.
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26 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing safety monitoring notifications comprising:
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a GPS receiver; and firmware configured, at least in part, to; evaluate a safety criteria; provide a safety monitoring notification responsive to the safety criteria being satisfied; generate a first event responsive to acknowledgement of the safety monitoring notification indicating assistance requested; and generate a second event responsive to acknowledgement of the safety monitoring notification indicating no assistance requested. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for monitoring a plurality of mobile assets, wherein individual ones of the mobile assets are configured to provide events responsive to safety notifications, the method comprising:
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receiving events responsive to safety notifications from individual ones of the mobile assets, wherein some of the events indicate assistance was requested and wherein some of the events indicate assistance was not needed, wherein the events further include an identification of the asset providing the event; storing the events in electronic storage; providing information regarding assistance requests across different types of assets based, at least in part, on the stored events. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for monitoring a plurality of mobile assets, wherein individual ones of the mobile assets are configured to provide safety notifications responsive to safety criteria being met, the method comprising:
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electronically defining the safety criteria at a computer; providing the safety criteria to computing devices located in the plurality of mobile assets; and storing the safety criteria at the plurality of mobile assets. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A method comprising:
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determining, by a computing device associated with a vehicle, if a safety check criteria is met; providing a safety monitoring notification on an output device of the computing device associated with the vehicle, responsive to a determination the safety check criteria is met; if an indication is received that a user declined assistance, generating a first event indicating no assistance is needed; and storing the first event in a log; if an indication is received that the user needs assistance, generating a second event indicating assistance is needed; and providing a first tier notification responsive to the second event indicating assistance is needed; if no response from the user to the safety monitoring notification is received after a predetermined time, generating a third event indicating assistance is needed; and providing a notification responsive to the third event indicating assistance is needed; and if no response to the first tier notification is received after a predetermined time; providing a second tier notification.
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