Vehicle tracker including stationary time determination and associated methods
First Claim
1. A vehicle tracking system comprising:
- a vehicle tracking unit and a monitoring station communicating therewith;
said vehicle tracking unit comprising a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller cooperating with said wireless communications device and said vehicle position determining device to determine and send vehicle position information to said monitoring station;
said controller determining the vehicle position information including a vehicle location and an associated stationary period for each occurrence of the vehicle remaining stationary for greater than a predetermined period.
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Abstract
A vehicle tracking system includes a vehicle tracking unit and a monitoring station communicating therewith. The vehicle tracking unit may include a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller. The controller may determine the vehicle position information including a vehicle location and an associated stationary period for each occurrence of the vehicle remaining stationary for greater than a predetermined period. For example, the predetermined time may be less than about three minutes which filters out stops in normal traffic, but which will keep track of stops where the driver likely leaves the vehicle. Accordingly, only the important information necessary to track the vehicle need be stored and/or transmitted thereby reducing the system costs.
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1. A vehicle tracking system comprising:
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a vehicle tracking unit and a monitoring station communicating therewith;
said vehicle tracking unit comprising a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller cooperating with said wireless communications device and said vehicle position determining device to determine and send vehicle position information to said monitoring station;
said controller determining the vehicle position information including a vehicle location and an associated stationary period for each occurrence of the vehicle remaining stationary for greater than a predetermined period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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15. A vehicle tracking unit for communicating with a monitoring station, the vehicle tracking unit comprising:
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a vehicle position determining device;
a wireless communications device; and
a controller cooperating with said wireless communications device and said vehicle position determining device to determine and send vehicle position information to the monitoring station;
said controller determining the vehicle position information including a vehicle location and an associated stationary period for each occurrence of the vehicle remaining stationary for greater than a predetermined period.
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28. A method for operating a vehicle tracking unit comprising a vehicle position determining device, and a wireless communications device, the method comprising:
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determining vehicle position information including a vehicle location and an associated stationary period for each occurrence of the vehicle remaining stationary for greater than a predetermined period; and
sending the vehicle position information to a monitoring station.
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