Method of and apparatus for dynamically GoeFencing movable vehicle and other equipment and the like
First Claim
1. A method of controlling by transmitted radio commands from a remote control center the dynamic GeoFencing of a vehicle or other movable apparatus internally provided with a GPS receiver, software-implemented processor, and communication links, that comprises, transmitting a first command from said control center to the vehicle to receive and transmit to the control center, the current GPS location point of the vehicle;
- pre-determining at the control center the desired shape and size of a GeoFence around the vehicle and transmitting further commands to the vehicle to establish such a control-center pre-determined GeoFence; and
responding at the processor to said further commands by operating said software to calculate in the processor the location of points defining the perimeter of said control-center pre-determined desired shape and size of GeoFence, thereby establishing the desired GeoFence about the current vehicle location point from data calculated at said vehicle processor.
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Abstract
A technique and apparatus for dynamically establishing and varying GeoFencing of a GPS-processor equipped vehicle or the like by providing specialized software and firmware at the vehicle processor to enable internal calculation of shape and size of GeoFences about the vehicle upon commands of the control center station, and without the necessity for such calculation or data point information transmission from the station.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of controlling by transmitted radio commands from a remote control center the dynamic GeoFencing of a vehicle or other movable apparatus internally provided with a GPS receiver, software-implemented processor, and communication links, that comprises, transmitting a first command from said control center to the vehicle to receive and transmit to the control center, the current GPS location point of the vehicle;
- pre-determining at the control center the desired shape and size of a GeoFence around the vehicle and transmitting further commands to the vehicle to establish such a control-center pre-determined GeoFence; and
responding at the processor to said further commands by operating said software to calculate in the processor the location of points defining the perimeter of said control-center pre-determined desired shape and size of GeoFence, thereby establishing the desired GeoFence about the current vehicle location point from data calculated at said vehicle processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- pre-determining at the control center the desired shape and size of a GeoFence around the vehicle and transmitting further commands to the vehicle to establish such a control-center pre-determined GeoFence; and
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9. Apparatus for controlling by transmitted radio commands from a remote control center the dynamic GeoFencing of a vehicle or other movable apparatus internally provided with a GPS receiver, a software-implemented processor, and communication links, having, in combination, means for transmitting a first command from said control center to the vehicle to receive the current GPS location point of the vehicle and transmit the same to the control center;
- means for pre-determining at the control center the desired shape and size of a GeoFence around the vehicle;
means for transmitting further commands from the control center to the vehicle to establish such a control-center pre-determined GeoFence; and
software at the processor responsive to said further commands for calculating the location of points defining the perimeter of said control-center pre-determined desired GeoFence about the current vehicle location point from data calculated at said vehicle processor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- means for pre-determining at the control center the desired shape and size of a GeoFence around the vehicle;
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17. A method of controlling by transmitted radio commands from a remote control center the movement and dynamic GeoFencing of a vehicle or other movable apparatus internally provided with a GPS receiver, software-implemented processor, and communication links, that comprises,
instructing the vehicle from the control center to assume a new location site; -
transmitting a first command from said control center to the vehicle to identify arrival at each new location site by receiving at the vehicle the vehicle current GPS location point and transmitting the same to the control center;
pre-determining at the control center the desired shape and size of a Geo Fence around the new location site and transmitting further commands from the control center to the vehicle to establish such a control-center pre-determined Geo Fence; and
responding at the vehicle processor to said further commands by operating said software to calculate in the processor the location of points defining the perimeter of said control-center pre-determined shape and size of Geo Fence, thereby establishing the same about the current vehicle location point from data calculated at said vehicle processor.
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