MANAGEMENT OF OPERATION AND USE OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
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Abstract
A system, and method, for managing recreational vehicle a central control unit (A) at a convenient facility and a unit (B) installable on a vehicle, with each unit (A) and (B) operable to receive data from and to send data to the other. Unit (A) includes a rules database module for holding an organised, searchable list of a rules database for control and management of a vehicle 12 on which a unit (B) is installed to comprise an on-vehicle unit B. The unit (A) also includes a rules engine module operable to receive, and compare with the rules list of database, data from the second unit (B). The unit (B) includes a location tracking module and a sensor data module, with the location tracking module adapted to track the position of the vehicle in real time by obtaining vehicle positional data, while the sensor data module is operable to collect data from at least one sensor of the vehicle and to pass the data to the unit (A).
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Citations
64 Claims
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47. A system for managing an individual recreational vehicle, wherein the system has two units, including:
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a first unit comprising a central control unit locatable at a convenient facility, and a second unit installable on a vehicle, each of the two units are operable to receive data from and to send data to the other of the two units;
the first, central control unit includes;(i} a central server; (ii) a rules database module for holding an organised, searchable list of a rules database created for the control and management of a vehicle on which the second unit is installable to comprise an on-vehicle unit; and (iii) a rules engine module operable to receive, and compare with the rules list of database, data from the on-vehicle second unit; the second unit includes; (a) a location tracking module adapted to track the position of the vehicle in real time by obtaining vehicle positional data; (b) a sensor data module operable to collect data from at least one sensor of the vehicle; (c) a vehicle control interface module adapted for controlling the at least one sensor of the vehicle in accordance with a command from the first central control unit; and (d) a communication module by which data is transferable between the first unit and second unit; wherein; the central control unit of the system is adapted to utilize data received from the second unit in providing real-time tracking, live monitoring and real-time control of the vehicle on which the second unit is installed; the modules of the second unit are adapted to Obtain current status data applicable to the vehicle, such as location, speed, and time of day, and to send the status data to the central server, and also adapted to receive commands, or messages or commands and messages, from the central server and to implement commands and communicate the messages;
the central server is a cloud based central server having a software system operable in real time to manage the vehicle by checking, and applying directly in the vehicle, any commands or messages in accordance with triggered rules necessitated by the current status data to forward to the modules of the second unit actions;
for performance, respectively, of required or desired a “
command”
denotes an instruction for control of the vehicle that is issued by the central server of the central control unit in response to data received by the central server, including data received via the vehicle control interface module from vehicle sensors, and that modifies at least one aspect of vehicle performance after passing via the vehicle control interface module to cause a change in operation of an output member of the vehicle and, if appropriate, to over-ride at least part of control of the vehicle otherwise able to be exercised by a driver of the vehicle; anda “
message”
denotes a communication issued or initiated by the central server for transmission via the vehicle control interface module to the driver of the vehicle for the purpose of alerting the driver of a need to observe an instruction concerning use of the vehicle, to observe a driving condition or restriction in use of the vehicle or to observe a combination of such instruction, condition and restriction. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method for managing at least one individual recreational vehicle, using a system including a first unit providing a remotely located central control unit comprising a cloud based central server and having a rules database module having a rules database holding an organised, searchable list of rules for the control of management of the vehicle, the system further including an on-hoard second unit installed on the vehicle and having a location tracking module, a sensor data module, a vehicle control interface module adapted for controlling at least one sensor of the vehicle in accordance with a command from the central control unit, and a communication module, the central control unit being adapted to utilise data received from the second unit in providing real-time tracking, live monitoring and real-time control of the vehicle on which the second unit is installed;
- wherein the method includes the steps of;
(i) monitoring the position of the vehicle by the location tracking module to generate vehicle positional data; (ii) collecting the output from at least one sensor of the vehicle by the sensor data module to generate sensor data; (iii) passing the positional data from the location tracking module to a communication module; (iv) passing the sensor data from the sensor data module to the communication module; (v) passing in real-time the positional data and the sensor data in at least one data stream from communication module and from the vehicle to the central control unit; and wherein the method further includes the steps of; (vi) receiving in real-time, by the communication module from the central control unit a message, or a command, or a message and a command, in accordance with a rule activated by the central control unit in response to a comparison of data from the at least one stream with a rules engine module and a resultant rule parameter match, with any message being made available to a driver of the vehicle and any command being communicated through the vehicle control interface module to at least one sensor of the vehicle for adjusting operation of the vehicle in real-time; wherein a “
command”
denotes an instruction for control of the vehicle that is issued by the central server of the central control unit in response to data received by the central server, including data received via the vehicle control interface module from vehicle sensors, and that modifies at least one aspect of vehicle performance after passing via the vehicle control interface module to cause a change in operation of an output member of the vehicle and, if appropriate, to over-ride at least part of control of the vehicle otherwise able to be exercised by a driver of the vehicle; andwherein a “
message”
denotes a communication issued or initiated by the central server for transmission via the vehicle control interface module to the driver of the vehicle for the purpose of alerting the driver of a need to observe an instruction concerning use of the vehicle, to observe a driving condition or restriction in use of the vehicle or to observe a combination of such instruction, condition and restriction. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64)
- wherein the method includes the steps of;
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