System and method for fleet management for work vehicles
First Claim
1. A fleet management system for a plurality of work vehicles each having a respective work tool, the work vehicles being associated with an owner and a plurality of operators, the fleet management system comprising:
- a source of input data that provides operator identification data for the work vehicles and operator permissions data that indicates at least which of the work vehicles each of the operators is permitted to operate, wherein the operator identification and permissions data comprises an operator profile, and the source of input data provides a plurality of operator profiles one for each of the operators of the work vehicles; and
a remote processing system having a processor that receives and processes the operator identification and operator permissions data, outputs fleet management data that includes a fleet operator profile for the work vehicles based on the operator identification and operator permissions data, and communicates the fleet management data to a controller of each of the work vehicles.
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Abstract
A fleet management control system and method are disclosed for a plurality of work vehicles each having a respective work tool. The work vehicles are associated with an owner and a plurality of operators. The fleet management system includes a source of input data that provides operator identification data for the work vehicles and operator permissions data that indicates at least which of the work vehicles each of the operators is permitted to operate. The fleet management system includes a remote processing system having a processor that receives and processes the operator identification and operator permissions data, outputs fleet management data that includes a fleet operator profile for the work vehicles based on the operator identification and operator permissions data, and communicates the fleet management data to a controller of each of the work vehicles.
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19 Claims
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1. A fleet management system for a plurality of work vehicles each having a respective work tool, the work vehicles being associated with an owner and a plurality of operators, the fleet management system comprising:
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a source of input data that provides operator identification data for the work vehicles and operator permissions data that indicates at least which of the work vehicles each of the operators is permitted to operate, wherein the operator identification and permissions data comprises an operator profile, and the source of input data provides a plurality of operator profiles one for each of the operators of the work vehicles; and a remote processing system having a processor that receives and processes the operator identification and operator permissions data, outputs fleet management data that includes a fleet operator profile for the work vehicles based on the operator identification and operator permissions data, and communicates the fleet management data to a controller of each of the work vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A fleet management method for a plurality of work vehicles each having a respective work tool, the fleet of work vehicles being associated with an owner and a plurality of operators, the fleet management method comprising:
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receiving, from a source of input, an operator profile one for each of the plurality of operators; generating a fleet operator profile based on the received operator profile; communicating the fleet operator profile as fleet management data to each of the work vehicles; receiving, from a source of input data at an associated of the work vehicles, identification data that identifies an operator of the operators; determining, with a controller of the associated work vehicle, whether the identification data corresponds with the fleet user profile; and at least one of; outputting one or more control signals with the controller of the associated work vehicle to enable a start-up of an engine of the associated work vehicle based on the determination, and outputting one or more control signals with the controller of the associated work vehicle to enable a movement of the work tool of the associated work vehicle based on the determination. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A fleet management system for a plurality of work vehicles each having a respective work tool, the work vehicles being associated with an owner and a plurality of operators, the fleet management system comprising:
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a source of input data remote from the work vehicles that provides an operator profile for each of the operators, the operator profile including operator identification data for the work vehicles and operator permissions data that indicates at least which of the work vehicles each of the operators is permitted to operate; a source of operator requirements for each of the work vehicles; a remote processing system having a processor that receives and processes the operator profile, outputs fleet management data that includes a fleet operator profile for the work vehicles based on the operator profile for the operators, and communicates the fleet management data to a controller of each of the work vehicles; and the controller of an associated one of the work vehicles processes the fleet management data, and the controller; receives a source of identification data that identifies an operator at the associated work vehicle; determines whether the identification data matches the operator identification data associated with the fleet user profile; determines whether the operator is permitted to operate the associated work vehicle based on at least one of the operator permissions and the source of operator requirements for the work vehicle; and enables a motion of the associated work vehicle or the associated work tool based on the determinations. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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