Car management system and associated printer
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1. An information retrieval system for retrieving and processing information relating to a current state of one or more serviceable items of a conveyance, the system including:
- a data collecting means for collecting data on the one or more serviceable items from respective sensors, the data collecting means collecting the data in an unformatted form;
a subsystem operable to monitor the collected data and determine from the collected data a current state of the one or more serviceable items, the subsystem further operable to determine if any of the one or more serviceable items requires servicing;
a layout engine operable to receive the collected data in an unformatted form, and to format the data to conform to a user selected template;
a processing means, in communication with said data collecting means and said subsystem, for processing said formatted collected data into a page description language;
a printing unit, installed in said conveyance, for printing said formatted data according to the page description language;
a cartridge for holding print media and ink, the cartridge adapted for insertion into the printing unit, and provided with a toothed rack on one side thereof; and
a user terminal for providing a user interface to said data collecting means, said subsystem, said processing means, and said printing unit, whereinthe toothed rack engages the printing unit upon insertion of the cartridge into the printing unit, whereby skewing of the cartridge with respect to the printing unit is inhibited.
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Abstract
An information retrieval system for retrieving information relating to a conveyance includes a data collecting unit for collecting data relating to operational aspects of the conveyance. A processor communicates with the data collecting unit for processing collected data to provide formatted data suitable for printing. A printing unit, installed in the conveyance, prints the formatted data to provide information relating to the conveyance.
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1. An information retrieval system for retrieving and processing information relating to a current state of one or more serviceable items of a conveyance, the system including:
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a data collecting means for collecting data on the one or more serviceable items from respective sensors, the data collecting means collecting the data in an unformatted form; a subsystem operable to monitor the collected data and determine from the collected data a current state of the one or more serviceable items, the subsystem further operable to determine if any of the one or more serviceable items requires servicing; a layout engine operable to receive the collected data in an unformatted form, and to format the data to conform to a user selected template; a processing means, in communication with said data collecting means and said subsystem, for processing said formatted collected data into a page description language; a printing unit, installed in said conveyance, for printing said formatted data according to the page description language; a cartridge for holding print media and ink, the cartridge adapted for insertion into the printing unit, and provided with a toothed rack on one side thereof; and a user terminal for providing a user interface to said data collecting means, said subsystem, said processing means, and said printing unit, wherein the toothed rack engages the printing unit upon insertion of the cartridge into the printing unit, whereby skewing of the cartridge with respect to the printing unit is inhibited. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of retrieving and processing information relating to a current state of one or more serviceable items of a conveyance, the method including the steps of:
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collecting data on the one or more serviceable items from respective sensors, the data being collected in an unformatted form; monitoring the collected data and determining a current state of the one or more serviceable items; formatting the collected data to conform to a user selected template; processing said formatted collected data into a page description language; transmitting the page description language to a printing unit installed in the conveyance, the page description language being transmitted along an existing wiring loom of the conveyance; inserting a print media and ink cartridge into the printing unit, the step of inserting including engaging a toothed rack of the cartridge with the printing unit to inhibit skewing of the cartridge with respect to the printing unit; and printing said formatted data according to the page description language, when required by a user, on the printing unit installed in said conveyance, wherein one or more steps of the method are executable via a user terminal installed in said conveyance. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An onboard information retrieval system for retrieving information relating to an operation of a vehicle, the system including:
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a data collecting means for collecting data relating to operational aspects of the vehicle, the data collecting means operable to collect data from a plurality of sensors, which data is provided from the plurality of sensors in an unformatted form; a subsystem operable to monitor the collected data and perform one or more preprogrammed analyses of the collected data to obtain user relevant information, said user relevant information indicative of one or more operational characteristics of the vehicle; a layout engine operable to receive the user relevant information in an unformatted form, and to format the user relevant information to conform to a user selected template; a processing means for processing said user relevant information into a page description language; a print unit, installed in said vehicle, for printing said formatted data in accordance with the page description language; and a cartridge for holding print media and ink, the cartridge adapted for insertion into the printing unit, and provided with a toothed rack on one side thereof, wherein the subsystem is operable to perform one or more preprogrammed analyses selected from a group consisting of;
a distance travelled during a particular mode of use of the vehicle, and an amount of fuel used, andthe toothed rack engages the printing unit upon insertion of the cartridge into the printing unit, whereby skewing of the cartridge with respect to the printing unit is inhibited. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of retrieving information relating to an operation of a vehicle, the method including the steps of:
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collecting data relating to operating aspects of the vehicle, the data being collected in an unformatted form; monitoring the collected data and performing one or more preprogrammed analyses of the collected data to obtain user relevant information indicative of one or more operational characteristics of the vehicle; formatting the unformatted user relevant information to conform to a user selected template; processing said user relevant information into a page description language; transmitting the page description language to a printing unit installed in the conveyance, the page description language being transmitted along an existing wiring loom of the conveyance; inserting a print media and ink cartridge into the printing unit, the step of inserting including engaging a toothed rack of the cartridge with the printing unit to inhibit skewing of the cartridge with respect to the printing unit; and reproducing a hard copy of said formatted data on the printer unit installed in said vehicle, wherein the one or more preprogrammed analyses is selected from a group consisting of;
a distance travelled during a particular mode of use of the vehicle, and an amount of fuel used. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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