PORTABLE DEVICE FOR LOGGING DRIVING INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A system for logging performance of a driver operating a commercial motor vehicle (“
- CMV”
), the system comprising;
a base unit including a non-transitory computer-readable medium and configured to be mounted in the CMV,receive at least one operating parameter from a controller in the CMV, andstore the at least one operating parameter in the non-transitory computer-readable medium; and
a portable device having a display and configured tocommunicate with the base unit through a connection selected from the group consisting of a wireless connection and a wired connection,generate a graphical user interface on the display,to prompt the driver for identifying information via the graphical user interface,receive identifying information of the driver from the graphical user interface,receive the at least one operating parameter stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium from the base unit,display driver compliance data in the graphical user interface based, at least in part, on the identifying information,to list a plurality of driver logs in the graphical user interface based, at least in part, on the identifying information, andwirelessly transmit one or more driver logs to a remote host;
wherein the base unit is further configured to store the at least one operating parameter when the portable device is disconnected from the base unit.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for logging performance of a driver operating a commercial motor vehicle (“CMV”). One method includes receiving at a portable device identifying information for the driver through a graphical user interface and at least one operating parameter from a non-portable base unit installed in the CMV. The non-portable base unit includes a processor and non-transitory computer-readable medium and configured to monitor at least one operating parameter of the CMV. The method also includes determining compliance data at the portable device based, at least in part, on the identifying information and the at least one operating parameter, and wirelessly transmitting signals based on the compliance data from the portable device to a remote host.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for logging performance of a driver operating a commercial motor vehicle (“
- CMV”
), the system comprising;a base unit including a non-transitory computer-readable medium and configured to be mounted in the CMV, receive at least one operating parameter from a controller in the CMV, and store the at least one operating parameter in the non-transitory computer-readable medium; and a portable device having a display and configured to communicate with the base unit through a connection selected from the group consisting of a wireless connection and a wired connection, generate a graphical user interface on the display, to prompt the driver for identifying information via the graphical user interface, receive identifying information of the driver from the graphical user interface, receive the at least one operating parameter stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium from the base unit, display driver compliance data in the graphical user interface based, at least in part, on the identifying information, to list a plurality of driver logs in the graphical user interface based, at least in part, on the identifying information, and wirelessly transmit one or more driver logs to a remote host; wherein the base unit is further configured to store the at least one operating parameter when the portable device is disconnected from the base unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A logging system for a commercial motor vehicle (“
- CMV”
) operated by a driver, the logging system comprising;a base unit including a processor and non-transitory computer-readable medium and configured to be located in the CMV, be connected to a controller monitoring at least one operating parameter of the CMV, and receive and store at least one operating parameter from the controller in the non-transitory computer-readable medium; a portable device having a display and configured to communicate with the base unit through a connection selected from the group consisting of a wireless connection and a wired connection, receive identifying information from the driver, receive, from the base unit, the at least one operating parameter stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium, display compliance data based, at least in part, on the identifying information, and to wirelessly transmit signals based on the compliance data, generate a graphical user interface on the display to prompt the driver for the identifying information, to display a current status of the driver, and to list a plurality of logs based, at least in part, on the identifying information, and to selectively download at least one log unavailable in the portable device; and a remote host configured to wirelessly receive the signals based on the compliance data; the base unit storing the at least one operating parameter when the portable device is disconnected from the base unit. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for logging performance of a driver operating a commercial motor vehicle (“
- CMV”
), the method comprising;connecting a base unit including a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium to a controller of a CMV; monitoring, with the base unit, at least one operating parameter of the CMV; connecting a portable device to the base unit; generating a graphical user interface on a display of a portable device; receiving, via the graphical user interface, identifying information for the driver; verifying the identifying information for the driver; generating a trip screen, in the graphical user interface, to prompt the driver for trip information; displaying a current status of the driver based, at least in part, on the identifying information; receiving at least one operating parameter of the CMV at the portable device through a non-portable base unit coupled to the portable device; displaying compliance data based, at least in part, on the identifying information at the portable device; and wirelessly transmitting compliance signals indicative of the compliance data from the portable device; selectively downloading to the portable device at least one log unavailable in the portable device; and storing the at least one operating parameter in the non-transitory computer-readable medium. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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