Telematics on-board unit for vehicles
First Claim
1. An on-board unit for a vehicle comprising:
- data collection means to collect vehicle usage data;
data transmission means to transmit the collected vehicle usage data and/or analyzed vehicle usage data derived therefrom, to a telematics service platform; and
driver identification means to identify a driver using the vehicle and to provide a driver identification of the driver to a controller;
wherein the controller controls the transmission of the collected and/or analyzed vehicle usage data to the telematics service platform in response to the provided driver identification;
wherein the controller further prioritizes the collected and/or analyzed vehicle usage data to be transferred, wherein the controller determines on the basis of data characteristics when and/or what data are transferred;
wherein the driver identification means includes a plurality of peripheral elements of different types for entering, detecting and/or receiving different identification data for determining the driver identification on the basis of different identification data, the different peripherals being integrated in a common component to be installed in the vehicle'"'"'s passenger compartment;
wherein the controller includes adjustment means to adjust function and identification criteria of a first one of the plurality of peripheral elements in response to a result of the driver identification determined by a second one of the plurality of peripheral elements and to adjust function and identification criteria of the second one of the plurality of peripheral elements in response to a result of the driver identification determined by the first one of the plurality of peripheral elements;
wherein the driver identification means further includes voice recognition means to recognize a driver'"'"'s voice and determine the driver identification therefrom, and a wireless data receiver for wireless data reception of identification data stored on a data storage element carried by the vehicle'"'"'s driver and determine the driver identification from the wireless received identification data, wherein the different peripheral elements include a microphone to input audio data for the voice recognition and the wireless data receiver to receive the stored identification data, wherein the common component is a voice box that includes both the microphone and the wireless data receiver; and
wherein the voice recognition means includes voice pattern receiving means to receive the previously stored voice pattern from the telematics service platform for comparison with a recorded voice pattern from the audio data.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to telematics on-board units for vehicles including data collection means for collecting vehicle usage data, data transmission means for transmitting collected vehicle usage data and/or analyzed vehicle usage data derived therefrom, to a telematics service platform and driver identification means for identifying a driver using the vehicle and providing a driver identification. In accordance with the present invention, the driver identification means includes a plurality of peripheral elements of different types for entering, detecting and/or receiving different identification data for determining the driver identification on the basis of different identification features, the different peripherals being integrated in a common component to be installed in the vehicle'"'"'s passenger compartment, thereby simplifying the installation of the device in the vehicle and reducing time and costs of first installation and reducing the number of possible mistakes done during the installation which usually would result in a recall to the installation plant with all costs associated.
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28 Claims
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1. An on-board unit for a vehicle comprising:
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data collection means to collect vehicle usage data; data transmission means to transmit the collected vehicle usage data and/or analyzed vehicle usage data derived therefrom, to a telematics service platform; and driver identification means to identify a driver using the vehicle and to provide a driver identification of the driver to a controller; wherein the controller controls the transmission of the collected and/or analyzed vehicle usage data to the telematics service platform in response to the provided driver identification; wherein the controller further prioritizes the collected and/or analyzed vehicle usage data to be transferred, wherein the controller determines on the basis of data characteristics when and/or what data are transferred; wherein the driver identification means includes a plurality of peripheral elements of different types for entering, detecting and/or receiving different identification data for determining the driver identification on the basis of different identification data, the different peripherals being integrated in a common component to be installed in the vehicle'"'"'s passenger compartment; wherein the controller includes adjustment means to adjust function and identification criteria of a first one of the plurality of peripheral elements in response to a result of the driver identification determined by a second one of the plurality of peripheral elements and to adjust function and identification criteria of the second one of the plurality of peripheral elements in response to a result of the driver identification determined by the first one of the plurality of peripheral elements; wherein the driver identification means further includes voice recognition means to recognize a driver'"'"'s voice and determine the driver identification therefrom, and a wireless data receiver for wireless data reception of identification data stored on a data storage element carried by the vehicle'"'"'s driver and determine the driver identification from the wireless received identification data, wherein the different peripheral elements include a microphone to input audio data for the voice recognition and the wireless data receiver to receive the stored identification data, wherein the common component is a voice box that includes both the microphone and the wireless data receiver; and wherein the voice recognition means includes voice pattern receiving means to receive the previously stored voice pattern from the telematics service platform for comparison with a recorded voice pattern from the audio data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An on-board unit for a vehicle comprising:
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data collection means to collect vehicle usage data; data transmission means to transmit the collected vehicle usage data to a telematics service platform; and driver identification means to identify a driver using the vehicle and to provide a driver identification of the driver to a controller; wherein the controller controls the transmission of the collected vehicle usage data to the telematics service platform in response to the provided driver identification; wherein the driver identification means includes a plurality of peripheral elements of different types for entering, detecting and/or receiving different identification data for determining the driver identification on the basis of different identification data, the different peripherals being integrated in a common component to be installed in the vehicle'"'"'s passenger compartment; wherein the controller includes adjustment means to adjust one or both function criteria and identification criteria of a first one of the plurality of peripheral elements in response to a result of the driver identification determined by a second one of the plurality of peripheral elements and to adjust one or both function criteria and identification criteria of the second one of the plurality of peripheral elements in response to a result of the driver identification determined by the first one of the plurality of peripheral elements; wherein the driver identification means further includes voice recognition means to recognize a driver'"'"'s voice and determine the driver identification therefrom, and a wireless data receiver for wireless data reception of identification data stored on a data storage element carried by the vehicle'"'"'s driver and determine the driver identification from the wireless received identification data, wherein the different peripheral elements include a microphone to input audio data for the voice recognition and the wireless data receiver to receive the stored identification data, wherein the common component is a voice box that includes both the microphone and the wireless data receiver; and wherein the voice recognition means includes voice pattern receiving means to receive the previously stored voice pattern from the telematics service platform for comparison with a recorded voice pattern from the audio data. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An on-board unit for a vehicle comprising:
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data collection means to collect vehicle usage data; data transmission means to transmit analyzed vehicle usage data derived from the collected vehicle usage data to a telematics service platform; driver identification means to identify a driver using the vehicle and to provide a driver identification of the driver to a controller; wherein the controller controls the transmission of the analyzed vehicle usage data to the telematics service platform in response to the provided driver identification; wherein the driver identification means includes a plurality of peripheral elements of different types for one or more of entering, detecting and receiving different identification data for determining the driver identification on the basis of different identification data, the peripheral elements being integrated in a common component to be installed in the vehicle'"'"'s passenger compartment; wherein the controller includes adjustment means to adjust one or both function criteria and identification criteria of a first one of the plurality of peripheral elements in response to a result of the driver identification determined by a second one of the plurality of peripheral elements and to adjust one or both function criteria and identification criteria of the second one of the plurality of peripheral elements in response to a result of the driver identification determined by the first one of the plurality of peripheral elements; wherein the driver identification means further includes voice recognition means to recognize a driver'"'"'s voice and determine the driver identification therefrom, and a wireless data receiver for wireless data reception of identification data stored on a data storage element carried by the vehicle'"'"'s driver and determine the driver identification from the wireless received identification data, wherein the different peripheral elements include a microphone to input audio data for the voice recognition and the wireless data receiver to receive the stored identification data, wherein the common component is a voice box that includes both the microphone and the wireless data receiver; and wherein the voice recognition means includes voice pattern receiving means to receive the previously stored voice pattern from the telematics service platform for comparison with a recorded voice pattern from the audio data. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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