VEHICLE OPERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20150329120A1
• Filed: 12/18/2012
• Published: 11/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation (AB Volvo)
• Original Assignee: Yukio Fujisawa
• Inventors: FUJISAWA, YUKIO
• Granted Patent: US 10,486,714 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/08 Interaction between the driver and the control system
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

A vehicle operation management system for managing an operation of a vehicle includes: an on-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle, the on-vehicle device being configured to collect driving data of the vehicle and enable a driver to perform an operation for setting an activity state of the vehicle; a server installed outside the vehicle, the server being configured to communicate with the on-vehicle device and store the driving data of the vehicle; and a terminal device configured to communicate with the server, the terminal device being capable of bringing outside the vehicle. An operation signal output from the terminal device in response to an operation by the driver is transmitted to the server. The on-vehicle device is configured to set the activity state on the basis of the operation signal the server has received from the terminal device.

Claims

1. A vehicle operation management system for managing an operation of a vehicle, the vehicle operation management system comprising:

an on-vehicle device mounted on the vehicle, the on-vehicle device being configured to collect driving data of the vehicle and enable a driver to perform an operation for setting an activity state of the vehicle;

a server installed outside the vehicle, the server being configured to communicate with the on-vehicle device and store the driving data of the vehicle; and

a terminal device configured to communicate with the server, the terminal device being capable of bringing outside the vehicle,

wherein an operation signal output from the terminal device in response to an operation by the driver is transmitted to the server, and

the on-vehicle device is configured to set the activity state on the basis of the operation signal the server has received from the terminal device.

2. The vehicle operation management system according to claim 1, wherein

the terminal device is capable of performing a shutdown operation for ceasing the operation of the vehicle, and

when the terminal device has performed the shutdown operation, the activity state is set to a shutdown state, and the on-vehicle device ceases the collection of the driving data of the vehicle.

3. The vehicle operation management system according to claim 1, wherein

when an ignition switch of the vehicle is turned off without performing an operation for changing a setting of the activity state, the on-vehicle device issues a notification suggesting a change in the setting of the activity state to the terminal device via the server.

4. The vehicle operation management system according to claim 1, wherein

the terminal device is capable of performing a rest operation when the driver takes a rest, and

when the terminal device has performed the rest operation, the activity state is set to a rest state, and the on-vehicle device measures a rest time period.

5. The vehicle operation management system according to claim 1, wherein

the terminal device is capable of performing a start operation for starting the operation of the vehicle, and

when the terminal device has performed the start operation, the activity state is set to a start state, and the on-vehicle device becomes capable of starting the collection of the driving data of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle operation management system according to claim 1, wherein

the server stores fuel consumption information of the vehicle, the fuel consumption information being transmitted from the on-vehicle device, and

when a setting of the activity state has been changed, the terminal device is configured to enable confirmation of the fuel consumption information of the vehicle.