Assessment of electronic sensor data to remotely identify a motor vehicle and monitor driver behavior
First Claim
1. A method for remotely identifying a motor vehicle, comprising:
- (a) electronically acquiring sensor data from a plurality of electronic sensors installed in the vehicle;
(b) transmitting the acquired sensor data via a wireless link, from the vehicle to a remote server;
(c) at the remote server, receiving the acquired sensor data and comparing the acquired sensor data to baseline data stored at the remote server;
(d) identifying the motor vehicle based on the said comparison; and
(e) characterizing a vehicle'"'"'s dynamic state change to determine a rate of change profile for at least one of the plurality of electronic sensors installed in a given vehicle, and adding the dynamic state change profile to the stored baseline data for identifying the corresponding vehicle.
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Abstract
A computing device is connected to a motor vehicle'"'"'s diagnostic port or communication port to acquire vehicle sensor data, for example from various pressure, temperature, oxygen, fuel and other sensors typically installed on a motor vehicle for other reasons. Acquired sensor data is wirelessly transmitted to a remote server where the acquired sensor data can be compared to a database of stored sensor data to identify the motor vehicle. Additional functionality is described that leverages uploaded sensor data. Sensor data may be uploaded to the server in near-real time, and/or buffered locally and uploaded by periodic or episodic, push or pull communication protocols.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for remotely identifying a motor vehicle, comprising:
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(a) electronically acquiring sensor data from a plurality of electronic sensors installed in the vehicle; (b) transmitting the acquired sensor data via a wireless link, from the vehicle to a remote server; (c) at the remote server, receiving the acquired sensor data and comparing the acquired sensor data to baseline data stored at the remote server; (d) identifying the motor vehicle based on the said comparison; and (e) characterizing a vehicle'"'"'s dynamic state change to determine a rate of change profile for at least one of the plurality of electronic sensors installed in a given vehicle, and adding the dynamic state change profile to the stored baseline data for identifying the corresponding vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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