System for monitoring vehicle use
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a vehicle'"'"'s compliance with one or more designated vehicle-use conditions for accessing a transport network, the system comprising:
- (a) an in-vehicle unit (IVU) associated with a vehicle being monitored, the IVU comprising;
a receiver for receiving positioning signals;
a processor for processing a time-marked log using at least in part the positioning signals;
a storage element for storing the time-marked log; and
a first wireless communication element for communicating time marked data of the time-marked log to a Service Provider (SP) processing apparatus; and
(b) at least one Service Providers (SP) processing apparatus, the SP processing apparatus comprising;
a SP wireless communication element for receiving the time-marked data from one or more IVUs;
a SP processor for processing the time-marked data, the SP processor adapted to compare the time-marked data from the time-marked log of a vehicle with one or more vehicle-use conditions that are specific to that vehicle, and to generate a non-compliance report where the comparison indicates that non-compliant activity associated with the one or more vehicle use conditions has occurred; and
a SP storage element for storing non-compliance reports and relevant time-marked data;
wherein the one or more vehicle-use conditions monitored for compliance are specific to the vehicle being monitored, said conditions having been defined electronically in a datafile unique to that vehicle.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring of vehicles and particularly heavy vehicles and their compliance with specific network (e.g. road) access conditions uses vehicle telematics solutions. The system includes an in-vehicle unit (IVU) associated with a vehicle being monitored. The IVU includes a receiver for receiving positioning signals, a processor for processing a time-marked log of vehicle data, a storage element for storing the time-marked log and a first wireless communication element for communicating time marked data to a Service Provider (SP) processing apparatus. One or more Service Providers operate Service Provider (SP) processing apparatus. The SP processing apparatus include a SP wireless communication element for receiving time-marked data from one or more IVUs and a SP processor for processing received data. The SP processor is adapted to compare received data from the time-marked log of a vehicle with one or more vehicle-use conditions applicable to that vehicle, and to generate a non-compliance report where the comparison indicates that non-compliant activity has occurred. A SP storage element stores non-compliance reports and relevant time-marked data.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a vehicle'"'"'s compliance with one or more designated vehicle-use conditions for accessing a transport network, the system comprising:
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(a) an in-vehicle unit (IVU) associated with a vehicle being monitored, the IVU comprising; a receiver for receiving positioning signals; a processor for processing a time-marked log using at least in part the positioning signals; a storage element for storing the time-marked log; and a first wireless communication element for communicating time marked data of the time-marked log to a Service Provider (SP) processing apparatus; and (b) at least one Service Providers (SP) processing apparatus, the SP processing apparatus comprising; a SP wireless communication element for receiving the time-marked data from one or more IVUs; a SP processor for processing the time-marked data, the SP processor adapted to compare the time-marked data from the time-marked log of a vehicle with one or more vehicle-use conditions that are specific to that vehicle, and to generate a non-compliance report where the comparison indicates that non-compliant activity associated with the one or more vehicle use conditions has occurred; and a SP storage element for storing non-compliance reports and relevant time-marked data; wherein the one or more vehicle-use conditions monitored for compliance are specific to the vehicle being monitored, said conditions having been defined electronically in a datafile unique to that vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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