Operation information providing system

• US 20050246079A1
• Filed: 07/29/2003
• Published: 11/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
• Original Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
• Inventors: Maesono, Noboru, Kitagawa, Tsutomu, Hagimori, Yasumichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,489,235 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/35
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/302 using recording means, e.g. black box
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0858 wherein the data carrier is removable

Abstract

A data collection controller 4 to and from which a removable memory 12 can be attached and removed is mounted on a vehicle 1, and is connected to a predetermined data storage 3. In the data collection controller, driver codes, service route codes, and the like can be entered with code setting buttons 8 and 9, while these code data and data in the predetermined data storage can be downloaded with a download button 7 into the removable memory. The downloading is performed every time the driving of the vehicle is completed. The removable memory is collected when a predetermined time period (for example, one month) has elapsed. Driving information for each driver and each service route is analyzed based on the data recorded in the collected removable memory.

Claims

1. A driving information providing system comprising a predetermined data storage for storing predetermined data from data appearing in a vehicle controller, wherein data is extracted from the predetermined data storage for the analysis of driving information, the driving information providing system further comprising:

a data collection controller connected to the predetermined data storage; and

a removable memory that can be attached to and removed from the data collection controller;

the data collection controller comprising at least a code entry section for entering desired data in code; and

a download section for downloading data entered in code and data in the predetermined data storage into the removable memory currently attached, wherein

the removable memory in which data is downloaded is collected and provided for the analysis of driving information.

2. The driving information providing system according to claim 1, wherein data is stored in the predetermined data storage by a storage-saving-type data recording method.

3. The driving information providing system according to claim 2, wherein a frequency-accumulation-type data recording method is adopted as the storage-saving-type data recording method, the frequency-accumulation-type data recording method in which every time a data value detected at predetermined intervals falls within a predetermined range of data values, a detection count for the range is accumulated and recorded.

4. The driving information providing system according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein a plurality of data is entered in code.

5. The driving information providing system according to claim 4, wherein data to be entered in code is at least two of driver data, service route data, sender data, goods data, loading ratio data, and data for driving time periods.

6. The driving information providing system according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of data is entered in code.

7. The driving information providing system according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of data is entered in code.

8. The driving information providing system according to claim 6, wherein data to be entered in code is at least two of driver data, service route data, sender data, goods data, loading ratio data, and data for driving time periods.

9. The driving information providing system according to claim 7, wherein data to be entered in code is at least two of driver data, service route data, sender data, goods data, loading ratio data, and data for driving time periods.