VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM AND DEVICE

• US 20140240143A1
• Filed: 02/13/2014
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ATrack Technology, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ATrack Technology, Inc.
• Inventors: WU, PO-CHING
• Application Number:
  US14/179,597
• Publication Number:
  US 20140240143A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.07
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/43 using wireless personal area networks [WPAN], e.g. 802.15, 802.15.1, 802.15.4, Bluetooth or ZigBee
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/47 using RFID associated with sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A vehicle monitoring system includes a wireless peripheral sensor and a vehicle monitoring device. The vehicle monitoring device includes a vehicle monitoring module and a short-range wireless communication module. The short-range wireless communication module is used to perform short-range data communication with the wireless peripheral sensor, so as to achieve the short-range wireless communication and control between the vehicle monitoring device and wireless peripheral sensor.

Claims

1. A vehicle monitoring system comprising:

a wireless peripheral sensor; and

a vehicle monitoring device including

a vehicle monitoring module, and

a short-range wireless communication module electrically connected to said vehicle monitoring module,

wherein, said short-range wireless communication module is used to perform short-range data communication with said wireless peripheral sensor, so as to achieve short-range wireless communication and control between said vehicle monitoring device and said wireless peripheral sensor.

2. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is a Bluetooth module.

3. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is a WiFi module.

4. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is a Sub-1 GHz RF module.

5. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is a Near Field Communication (NFC) module.

6. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is a Zigbee module.

7. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) module.

8. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is an infrared module, a microwave module and/or an ultra wide-band (UWB) module.

9. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said wireless peripheral sensor is a wireless vehicle entry control sensor.

10. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said wireless peripheral sensor is a wireless physiological status sensor.

11. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein said wireless peripheral sensor is one or the combination of the following:

a wireless tag panic button, a wireless relay, a wireless tire pressure sensor, a fuel level sensor, a temperature sensor, a door sensor, a fuel cap sensor, a doze sensor and a wireless sensor network (WSN) related sensor.

12. A vehicle monitoring device, comprising:

a vehicle monitoring module; and

a short-range wireless communication module electrically connected to said vehicle monitoring module.

13. The vehicle monitoring device according to claim 12, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is a Bluetooth module.

14. The vehicle monitoring device according to claim 12, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is a WiFi module.

15. The vehicle monitoring device according to claim 12, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is a Sub-1 GHz RF module.

16. The vehicle monitoring device according to claim 12, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is a Near Field Communication (NFC) module.

17. The vehicle monitoring device according to claim 12, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is a Zigbee module.

18. The vehicle monitoring device according to claim 12, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) module.

19. The vehicle monitoring device according to claim 12, wherein said short-range wireless communication module is an infrared module, a microwave module and/or an UWB module.