Critical event reporting

• US 8,000,843 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2010
• Issued: 08/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omnitracs LLC (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Kim, Frederick Duke
• Primary Examiner(s): Beaulieu; Yonel
• Application Number:
  US12/757,459
• Publication Number:
  US 20100191412A1
• Time in Patent Office: 494 Days
• Field of Search: 701/1, 701/200, 701/211
• US Class Current: 701/1
• 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 for monitoring a remotely located vehicle, comprising:

determining that an event has been triggered at a time t; and

displaying, on a display, a set of information related to the remotely located vehicle for times t and, either t plus a time period after the event or t minus a time period before the event, wherein the set of information comprises;

hours of service for a user of the remotely located vehicle, one or more portions of a planned route for the remotely located vehicle, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle based on location information received from the remotely located vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of information further comprises:

telemetry data related to the remotely located vehicle for times t and, either t plus a time period after the event or t minus a time period before the event, wherein the telemetry data is at least one of the data selected from, 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.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the telemetry data is displayed relative to time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of information is displayed relative to time.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the triggered event.

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

a controller configured to determine that an event has been triggered at a time t; and

a display coupled to the controller and configured to;

display a set of information related to the remotely located vehicle for times t and, either t plus a time period after the event or t minus a time period before the event, wherein the set of information comprises;

hours of service for a user of the remotely located vehicle, one or more portions of a planned route for the remotely located vehicle, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle based on location information received from the remotely located vehicle.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the set of information further comprises:

telemetry data related to the remotely located vehicle for times t and, either t plus a time period after the event or t minus a time period before the event, wherein the telemetry data is at least one of the data selected from, 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.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the telemetry data is displayed relative to time.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the set of information is displayed relative to time.

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

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

means for determining that an event has been triggered at a time t; and

means for displaying, on a display, a set of information related to the remotely located vehicle for times t and, either t plus a time period after the event or t minus a time period before the event, wherein the set of information comprises;

hours of service for a user of the remotely located vehicle, one or more portions of a planned route for the remotely located vehicle, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle based on location information received from the remotely located vehicle.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the set of information further comprises:

telemetry data related to the remotely located vehicle for times t and, either t plus a time period after the event or t minus a time period before the event, wherein the telemetry data is at least one of the data selected from, 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.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the telemetry data is displayed relative to time.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the set of information is displayed relative to time.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

means for displaying the triggered event.

16. A non-transitory machine readable medium having machine executable instructions encoded thereon to monitor a remotely located vehicle, the machine executable instructions causing a machine to perform a method comprising:

determining that an event has been triggered at a time t; and

displaying, on a display, a set of information related to the remotely located vehicle for times t and, either t plus a time period after the event or t minus a time period before the event, wherein the set of information comprises;

hours of service for a user of the remotely located vehicle, one or more portions of a planned route for the remotely located vehicle, and one or more portions of a traveled route of the remotely located vehicle based on location information received from the remotely located vehicle.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16, wherein the set of information further comprises:

telemetry data related to the remotely located vehicle for times t and, either t plus a time period after the event or t minus a time period before the event, wherein the telemetry data is at least one of the data selected from, 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.

18. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16, wherein the telemetry data is displayed relative to time.

19. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16, wherein the set of information is displayed relative to time.

20. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16, further comprising:

displaying the triggered event.