METHOD FOR INDICATING A DISCREPANCY FOR DRIVING DATA IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD

• US 20110137517A1
• Filed: 12/07/2010
• Published: 06/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Inventors: SCHMIDT, Gunnar, Mattes, Edmund, Gut, Michael
• Application Number:
  US12/962,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20110137517A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/002 Analysing tachograph charts arrangements for graph-reading in general G06K11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction

Abstract

A method and system for indicating a discrepancy between driving data captured using a tachograph and at least one prescribed rule by an indicator appliance independent of the tachograph. The indicator appliance is connected to a tachograph data memory that has the driving data. By virtue of detachable electromechanical coupling of the indicator appliance to the tachograph data memory that is automatically followed by at least one driving data volume element being loaded into an appliance data memory of the indicator appliance and automatically compared with at least one rule. The presence of a discrepancy between the loaded driving data volume element and the rule prompts the presence of the discrepancy to be transmitted to a user of the indicator appliance as a violation report.

Claims

1. A method for indicating a discrepancy between driving data in a motor vehicle captured using a tachograph and at least one prescribed rule by an indicator appliance independent of the tachograph, comprising:

connecting the indicator appliance by a detachable electromechanical coupling to one of the tachograph and a card reader, the one of the tachograph and the card reader connected to a tachograph data memory of the tachograph having the driving data;

downloading automatically at least one driving data volume element to be examined from the tachograph data memory into an appliance data memory of the indicator appliance;

comparing automatically the at least one driving data volume element with the at least one rule by an appliance microprocessor of the indicator appliance; and

automatically and nonquantitatively transmitting to the indicator appliance by an indicator unit of a discrepancy between the loaded driving data volume element and the rule the indicator appliance as a violation report.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the presence of the discrepancy is transmitted to the user visually.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the indicator unit automatically and nonquantitatively transmits a correspondence report if there is no discrepancy between the loaded driving data volume element and the rule.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least two different types of discrepancies from rules are provided and in that the violation report is made in a manner differentiated according to type.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one rule comprises a limit value and the discrepancy from the rule is the limit value being one of exceeded and undershot.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

connecting the indicator appliance to a data processing apparatus independent of the tachograph before the indicator appliance is connected to the tachograph data memory;

adjusting by the data processing apparatus the at least one rule; and

disconnecting the indicator appliance from the data processing apparatus following the adjustment.

7. The method as claimed in one of the preceding claims, further comprising:

inserting the tachograph data memory configured as a memory card, which can be removed from the tachograph into the card reader and which is independent of the tachograph and of the indicator appliance,

wherein the indicator appliance is connected to the memory card by the card reader.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least driving data volume element loaded into the indicator appliance is stored in an appliance data memory of the indicator appliance.

11. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the appliance data memory is an interchangeable memory.

9. A system comprising:

a tachograph arranged in a motor vehicle having a tachograph data memory;

an indicator appliance independent of the tachograph having an appliance data memory, an appliance microprocessor and an indicator unit,

wherein the indicator appliance is configured to be connected to the tachograph data memory for automatically downloading driving data for the motor vehicle and to automatically compare the downloaded driving data with a rule and for automatic and nonquantitative transmission of a violation report.

10. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the tachograph data memory is a memory card and a card reader is provided that holds the memory card and connection to the indicator appliance.