System for remote monitoring of a vehicle and method of determining vehicle mileage, jurisdiction crossing and fuel consumption
First Claim
1. An electronic monitoring system that determines vehicle position, fuel consumption in a jurisdiction, and jurisdiction crossings, said system comprising:
- a vehicle having a fuel reservoir from which fuel is consumed as an energy source;
a positioning system for generating present position information including latitude and longitude information of said vehicle;
a fuel monitoring means in said fuel reservoir, whereby said fuel monitoring means generates information including the present level of fuel in said fuel reservoir;
a data collection device for collecting said present position information and said present level of fuel information; and
a processor located remote from said vehicle, said processor receiving from said data collection device at least a portion of said present position information and said present level of fuel information and responsively determining when said vehicle crosses a jurisdiction border and computing said fuel consumption in said jurisdiction.
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Abstract
A monitoring system that determines vehicle position and fuel consumption in a jurisdiction, and jurisdiction crossings. The system includes a vehicle having a fuel reservoir from which fuel is consumed as an energy source. The system also includes a positioning system for generating the present position information of the vehicle. The information includes latitude and longitude data points. Additionally, the system includes a fuel monitoring device in the fuel reservoir, whereby the fuel monitoring means generates information including the present level of fuel in the fuel reservoir. Also, a data collection device for collecting the present position information and the present level of fuel information. Finally, the system includes a processor located at a remote site from the vehicle, the processor receives data from the collecting device. The processor determines when the vehicle crosses a jurisdiction border and computes the fuel consumption in the jurisdiction, the fuel consumption data can then be later used to compute the fuel tax.
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21 Claims
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1. An electronic monitoring system that determines vehicle position, fuel consumption in a jurisdiction, and jurisdiction crossings, said system comprising:
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a vehicle having a fuel reservoir from which fuel is consumed as an energy source;
a positioning system for generating present position information including latitude and longitude information of said vehicle;
a fuel monitoring means in said fuel reservoir, whereby said fuel monitoring means generates information including the present level of fuel in said fuel reservoir;
a data collection device for collecting said present position information and said present level of fuel information; and
a processor located remote from said vehicle, said processor receiving from said data collection device at least a portion of said present position information and said present level of fuel information and responsively determining when said vehicle crosses a jurisdiction border and computing said fuel consumption in said jurisdiction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electronic monitoring system that determines vehicle position, fuel consumption in a jurisdiction, and jurisdiction crossings, said system comprising:
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a vehicle having at least one vehicle controller for controlling at least one operation of said vehicle and having a fuel reservoir from which fuel is consumed as an energy source;
a positioning system for generating present position information including latitude and longitude information of said vehicle;
a fuel monitoring means in said fuel reservoir, whereby said fuel monitoring means generates information including the present level of fuel in said fuel reservoir;
a data collection device for collecting from at least one vehicle controller said present position information and said present level of fuel information; and
a processor located remote from said vehicle, said processor receives from said data collection device at least a portion of said present-position information and said present level-of-fuel information and responsively (1) determines when said vehicle crosses a jurisdiction border, and (2) computes said fuel consumption in said jurisdiction.
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16. An electronic monitoring system that determines a jurisdictional crossing from a remote location, said system comprising:
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a vehicle having at least one vehicle controller for controlling at least one operation of said vehicle;
a positioning system for generating present position information including latitude and longitude information of said vehicle;
a data collection device for collecting from at least one vehicle controller said present position information; and
a processor located remote from said vehicle, said processor receives from said data collection device at least a portion of said present-position information and responsively determines when said vehicle crosses a jurisdiction border. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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