Method for inferring useful information from position-related vehicular events
First Claim
1. In a dispatch environment having a dispatch site, a vehicle, and a job site, a method for determining an arrival of said vehicle at said job site, comprising:
- a) receiving an indication that said vehicle engaged in a stop event;
b) storing a time and a position corresponding to a location of said stop event;
c) receiving an indication that said vehicle engaged in a trigger event;
d) in response to said c), logging said time and said position;
e) determining a window of value for said time wherein said window characterizes an earliest acceptable value and a latest acceptable value of said time; and
f) determining a range of distance from said job site wherein said range characterizes a maximum acceptable distance from said job site.
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Abstract
A method for inferring useful information from position related vehicular events uses allows a vehicle to determine an arrival at a job site, without knowing the job site location in advance. Arrival information can be reported or downloaded later. The method predicts arrival using a series of implied rules. The rules are based on trigger events detected by a sensor and microprocessor installed in the vehicle monitors for the occurrence of a trigger event that indicates that work is about to commence. Such trigger events can also be unique vehicular activities indicative of work commencement.
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34 Claims
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1. In a dispatch environment having a dispatch site, a vehicle, and a job site, a method for determining an arrival of said vehicle at said job site, comprising:
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a) receiving an indication that said vehicle engaged in a stop event;
b) storing a time and a position corresponding to a location of said stop event;
c) receiving an indication that said vehicle engaged in a trigger event;
d) in response to said c), logging said time and said position;
e) determining a window of value for said time wherein said window characterizes an earliest acceptable value and a latest acceptable value of said time; and
f) determining a range of distance from said job site wherein said range characterizes a maximum acceptable distance from said job site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. On a vehicle operating within a dispatch environment, a system for inferring useful information from information related to a position of said vehicle, comprising:
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a bus for interconnecting a plurality of components;
a processing device coupled to said bus for controlling said system;
a location determining component coupled to said bus for determining a position of said vehicle;
an event monitor coupled to said bus for receiving an input from an event monitoring device, wherein said event monitoring device generates said input upon the occurrence of an event undergone by said vehicle;
a clock coupled to said bus for determining time of occurrence of said event;
a data store coupled to said bus for storing said information; and
a reporting functionality coupled to said bus for reporting said information within said discharge environment wherein, within said dispatch environment, a process is performed for determining an arrival of said vehicle at a job site, said process comprising;
a) receiving an indication that said vehicle engaged in a stop event;
b) storing a time and a position corresponding to a location of said stop event;
c) receiving an indication that said vehicle engaged in a trigger event;
d) in response to said c), logging said time and said position;
e) determining a window of value for said time wherein said window characterizes an earliest acceptable value and a latest acceptable value of said time; and
f) determining a range of distance from said job site wherein said range characterizes a maximum acceptable distance from said job site. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. In a computer system operating in a dispatch environment having a dispatch site, a vehicle, and a job site, a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein for causing said computer system to execute a method for determining an arrival of said vehicle at said job site, said method comprising:
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a) receiving an indication that said vehicle engaged in a stop event;
b) storing a time and a geographic position corresponding to a location of said stop event;
c) receiving an indication that said vehicle engaged in a trigger event; and
d) in response to said c), logging said time and said position;
wherein a location of said job site is not known beforehand;
e) determining a window of value for said time wherein said window characterizes an earliest acceptable value and a latest acceptable value of said time; and
f) determining a range of distance from said job site wherein said range characterizes a maximum acceptable distance from said job site. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. In a dispatch environment having a dispatch site, a vehicle, and a job site, a method for determining an arrival of said vehicle at said job site, comprising:
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a) receiving an indication that said vehicle engaged in a trigger event;
b) in response to said a), logging a time and a position corresponding to a location of said trigger event;
c) receiving an indication that said vehicle engaged in a stop event;
d) storing a time and a position corresponding to a location of said stop event;
wherein c) and said d) are performed prior to said a);
e) determining a window of value for said time wherein said window characterizes an earliest acceptable value and a latest acceptable value of said time; and
f) determining a range of distance from said job site wherein said range characterizes a maximum acceptable distance from said job site. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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