Automatic incorporation of vehicle data into documents captured at a vehicle using a mobile computing device
First Claim
1. A method capturing load related vehicle data when generating electronic load documents, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a mobile computing device having document capture functionality;
(b) using the mobile computing device to capture a load related shipping paper, thereby providing a digital shipping paper;
(c) automatically adding load related vehicle data to the digital shipping paper captured by the mobile computing document; and
(d) wherein said load related vehicle data is acquired from one out of a group of sources consisting essentially of;
(i) a vehicle data bus;
(ii) a vehicle ECU; and
(iii) a vehicle telematics device that includes a GPS component.
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Abstract
Documents related to delivery of loads shipped by trucking operators can be scanned or otherwise captured using mobile computing devices having document capture and/or document delivery functionality. Load related data can be manually input by drivers during the capture process. Such data can be incorporated into the scanned document as metadata. The concepts disclosed herein encompass establishing a logical connection between the mobile computing device implementing the document capture functionality and a vehicle ECU or vehicle data bus. The document capture application is configured to extract data from the vehicle ECU or vehicle data bus and incorporate that data into the document captured. Data, such as location data, can be similarly captured to establish a logical connection with a telematics device including a GPS component. Where the telematics device includes a wireless data link, the capture document can be wirelessly conveyed to a remote data center.
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32 Claims
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1. A method capturing load related vehicle data when generating electronic load documents, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a mobile computing device having document capture functionality; (b) using the mobile computing device to capture a load related shipping paper, thereby providing a digital shipping paper; (c) automatically adding load related vehicle data to the digital shipping paper captured by the mobile computing document; and (d) wherein said load related vehicle data is acquired from one out of a group of sources consisting essentially of; (i) a vehicle data bus; (ii) a vehicle ECU; and (iii) a vehicle telematics device that includes a GPS component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile computing device for vehicles, comprising:
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(a) a processor; (b) a non-transitory, physical memory medium having machine instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor implement a plurality of functions, the plurality of functions including automatically incorporating load related vehicle data into a digital shipping paper captured using the mobile computing device; and (c) wherein said load related vehicle data originates in one out of a group consisting essentially of; (i) a vehicle data bus; (ii) a vehicle ECU; and (iii) a vehicle telematics device that includes a GPS component. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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- 29. A non-transitory memory medium having machine instructions stored thereon for automatically incorporating load related vehicle data into a digital shipping paper captured using a computing device.
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