VEHICULAR FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS OF MONITORING AND IMPROVING DRIVER PERFORMANCE IN A FLEET OF VEHICLES
First Claim
1. A method of aggregating data derived from a vehicular fleet for presentation to an associated user, the method comprising:
- accumulating driver event data from one or more vehicle-mounted devices configured to capture and record on-board vehicular data associated with a particular driver in a fleet of vehicles;
compressing and encrypting the driver event data as processed event data;
transmitting the processed driver event data to a server that is polled at particular intervals for aggregation of the processed driver event data in one or more reporting and notification modules;
packaging the aggregated driver event data into a preselected format; and
,presenting to a user via a user interface configured to display the packaged driver event data in a form that permits the user to analyze and monitor a performance of the particular driver.
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Abstract
A system and method is described in which vehicles are configured to collect driver and vehicle event data, selectively compress and encode the collected driver and vehicle event data, and communicate the compressed and encoded data wirelessly to one or more telematics service providers. Servers poll this driver event data periodically, process it, and present multiple methods to end users by which they are able to view and analyze it. The present system permits fleet managers to use this driver event data, received through a report or notification, or pulled directly from a web-based portal, to monitor, correct or reward driver behavior, and to implement driver education and training programs.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of aggregating data derived from a vehicular fleet for presentation to an associated user, the method comprising:
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accumulating driver event data from one or more vehicle-mounted devices configured to capture and record on-board vehicular data associated with a particular driver in a fleet of vehicles; compressing and encrypting the driver event data as processed event data; transmitting the processed driver event data to a server that is polled at particular intervals for aggregation of the processed driver event data in one or more reporting and notification modules; packaging the aggregated driver event data into a preselected format; and
,presenting to a user via a user interface configured to display the packaged driver event data in a form that permits the user to analyze and monitor a performance of the particular driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of managing a vehicular fleet, comprising:
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installing one or more driver event data capture devices in each vehicle in a fleet of vehicles; configuring the one or more driver event capture devices in each vehicle to record driver and vehicle event data; and presenting the driver and vehicle event data for a user'"'"'s customizable analysis of driver behavior of a selected driver in the fleet of vehicles using a web-based portal and user interface comprised of one or more reporting and notification modules. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of monitoring driver safety metrics in a fleet of vehicles, the method comprising:
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capturing event data from each monitored vehicle in the fleet of vehicles, wherein the event data includes at least video data of an area adjacent each monitored vehicle in the fleet of vehicles; securely and wirelessly transmitting the captured event data to a central location for polling by an associated server; receiving the event data in a packaged data format from the associated server; establishing driver safety metrics from the event data received in the packaged data format from the associated server; reporting the driver safety metrics based on customizable preferences and organization as determined by a fleet manager user responsible for one or more drivers of vehicles via a web-based portal and user interface configured to present the driver event data; and
,notifying the fleet manager of severe driver events, the reporting the driver safety metrics and notifying of severe event data permitting the fleet manager user to monitor driver safety and vehicle and driver performance. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A fleet management system, comprising:
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at least one capture device disposed in each associated vehicle in an associated fleet of vehicles driven by a set of drivers, the at least one capture device being configured to record event data; a transmission module configured to transmit the captured event data to at least one associated service provider; a server having a non-transitory memory and a processor in operative communication with the at least one associated service provider, the server being configured to receive the event data from the at least one associated service provider and package the event data into a preselected format for analysis by an end user; and one or more reporting and notification modules configured to aggregate the packaged event data and present the packaged event in a customizable format to the end user operating an associated client computer accessing the web application by the web-based portal in a web application executable by the server and having a user interface via a web-based portal. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A driver safety monitoring system, comprising:
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a driver event data capture apparatus installed in each vehicle in a fleet of vehicles, the driver event data capture apparatus having an image capture module configured to capture images from a camera and an on-board computer connection module configured to record data associated with a driver'"'"'s operation of the vehicle; a server configured to poll one or more third party service providers for driver event data wirelessly transmitted from the driver event data capture apparatus and package the driver event data for presentation on one or more web-based portals; and a plurality of customizable reporting and notification modules designed to allow a fleet manager to analyze the driver event data and monitor driver performance in real time and regardless of which vehicle the driver has driven. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A server architecture supporting a fleet management and driver safety monitoring system, comprising:
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a plurality of connectors for communicating with one or more third party service providers to import driver event data comprising a data stream of numeric raw data and video raw data; a decoder service the driver event data into specific, usable data for presentation to an end user, the numeric raw data being parsed into an import service for processing and the video raw data being parsed into a video file service for processing, the video file service storing and indexing video frames received as part of the video raw data a web application providing a user interface for fleet managers to access reports, schedule notifications, and perform other data analysis functions on driver event data; and a database environment comprising a master database for storing fleet and sharding information, a report database for storing processed on which reports are to be run, and an import state database for storing data needed by the import service for processing.
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