CRITICAL EVENT REPORTING

• US 20100191412A1
• Filed: 04/09/2010
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omnitracs LLC (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Kim, Frederick Duke
• Granted Patent: US 8,000,843 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

A fleet management system for remotely monitoring a vehicle is disclosed in one embodiment. The fleet management system includes a data receiver and a display. The data receiver is configured to wirelessly receive information from the vehicle. That information includes a location for the vehicle. The display is configured to present a planned route configured for the vehicle before travel and a driven route of the vehicle. The driven route is determined from the information from the vehicle. The planned route and driven route are displayed simultaneously.

Claims

1. A method of monitoring a remotely located vehicle, comprising:

determining an event associated with the remotely located vehicle is triggered;

on a display, presenting hours of service for a user associated with the remotely located vehicle and associated with the event, one or more portions of a planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle associated with the event and determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle; and

on the display, presenting hours of service for the user associated with the remotely located vehicle, one or more portions of the planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

on the display, presenting at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle and the event, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle associated with the event, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle and associated with the event, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle and associated with the event; and

on the display, presenting at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein presenting at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event includes presenting at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle relative to time, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle relative to time, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle relative to time, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle relative to time.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein presenting hours of service for the user associated with the remotely located vehicle, one or more portions of the planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event includes presenting hours of service for the user associated with the remotely located vehicle relative to time, one or more portions of the planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle relative to time.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising presenting the triggered event on the display.

6. An apparatus for monitoring a remotely located vehicle, comprising:

a controller configured to determine an event associated with the remotely located vehicle is triggered; and

a display coupled to the controller and configured to;

present hours of service for a user associated with the remotely located vehicle and associated with the event, one or more portions of a planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle associated with the event and determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle; and

present hours of service for the user associated with the remotely located vehicle, one or more portions of the planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the display is further configured to:

present at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle and the event, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle associated with the event, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle and associated with the event, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle and associated with the event; and

present at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the display is further configured to present at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event relative to time.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the display is further configured to present hours of service for the user associated with the remotely located vehicle, one or more portions of the planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event relative to time.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the display is further configured to present the triggered event on the display.

11. An apparatus for monitoring a remotely located vehicle, comprising:

means for determining an event associated with the remotely located vehicle is triggered;

means for, on a display, presenting hours of service for a user associated with the remotely located vehicle and associated with the event, one or more portions of a planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle associated with the event and determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle; and

means for, on the display, presenting hours of service for the user associated with the remotely located vehicle, one or more portions of the planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising:

means for, on the display, presenting at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle and the event, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle associated with the event, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle and associated with the event, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle and associated with the event; and

means for, on the display, presenting at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising means for presenting at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event relative to time.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising means for presenting hours of service for the user associated with the remotely located vehicle, one or more portions of the planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event relative to time.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising means for presenting the triggered event on the display.

16. A machine-readable medium having machine-executable instructions configured to monitor a remotely located vehicle, the machine-readable medium comprising machine executable instructions for:

determining an event associated with the remotely located vehicle is triggered;

on a display, presenting hours of service for a user associated with the remotely located vehicle and associated with the event, one or more portions of a planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle associated with the event and determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle; and

on the display, presenting hours of service for the user associated with the remotely located vehicle, one or more portions of the planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event.

17. The machine-readable medium having machine-executable instructions configured to monitor a remotely located vehicle of claim 16 further comprising machine-executable instructions for:

on the display, presenting at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle and the event, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle associated with the event, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle and associated with the event, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle and associated with the event; and

on the display, presenting at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event.

18. The machine-readable medium having machine-executable instructions configured to monitor a remotely located vehicle of claim 17 further comprising machine-executable instructions for presenting at least one of telemetry data associated with the remotely located vehicle, weather data for a location of the remotely located vehicle, a video clip captured at the remotely located vehicle, or an audio clip captured at the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event relative to time.

19. The machine-readable medium having machine-executable instructions configured to monitor a remotely located vehicle of claim 16 further comprising machine-executable instructions for presenting hours of service for the user associated with the remotely located vehicle, one or more portions of the planned route configured for the remotely located vehicle before travel, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle determined from location information received from the remotely located vehicle for at least one of a first time period before the event or a second time period after the event relative to time.

20. The machine-readable medium having machine-executable instructions configured to monitor a remotely located vehicle of claim 16 further comprising machine-executable instructions for presenting the triggered event on the display.