Vehicle tracking unit providing direction deviation tracking and related methods
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1. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
- a vehicle position determining device;
a wireless communications device; and
a controller cooperating with said vehicle position determining device to determine vehicle position information based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold and then continuing in the changed direction for greater than a predetermined period;
said controller also cooperating with said wireless communications device to send the vehicle position information to a monitoring station based upon each occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold.
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Abstract
A vehicle tracking unit may include a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller for cooperating with the vehicle position determining device to determine vehicle position information based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold. Moreover, the controller may also cooperate with the wireless communications device to send the vehicle position information to a monitoring station based upon each occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold.
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1. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
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a vehicle position determining device;
a wireless communications device; and
a controller cooperating with said vehicle position determining device to determine vehicle position information based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold and then continuing in the changed direction for greater than a predetermined period;
said controller also cooperating with said wireless communications device to send the vehicle position information to a monitoring station based upon each occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
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a vehicle position determining device;
a wireless communications device; and
a controller cooperating with said vehicle position determining device to determine vehicle position information based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold and then at least one of continuing in the changed direction for greater than a predetermined period and continuing in the changed direction at greater than a predetermined speed;
said controller also cooperating with said wireless communications device to send the vehicle position information to a monitoring station based upon each occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
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a vehicle position determining device;
a wireless communications device; and
a controller cooperating with said vehicle position determining device to determine vehicle position information based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold and then at least one of continuing in the changed direction for greater than a predetermined period and continuing in the changed direction at greater than a predetermined speed;
said controller also storing the vehicle position information based upon each occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A vehicle tracking method comprising:
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determining vehicle position information using a vehicle tracking unit carried by the vehicle based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold and then at least one of continuing in the changed direction for greater than a predetermined period and continuing in the changed direction at greater than a predetermined speed; and
sending the vehicle position information from the vehicle tracking unit to a monitoring station based upon at least one occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
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a vehicle position determining device;
a wireless communications device; and
a controller cooperating with said vehicle position determining device to determine vehicle position information based upon the vehicle changing a direction of travel by greater than a threshold and then continuing in the changed direction at greater than a predetermined speed;
said controller also cooperating with said wireless communications device to send the vehicle position information to a monitoring station based upon each occurrence of the vehicle changing the direction of travel by greater than the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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