Compliance application with driver specific performance recording

• US 9,361,737 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2014
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: J J Keller & Associates Incorporated
• Original Assignee: J J Keller & Associates Incorporated
• Inventors: Harter, Tom C., Kuphal, Michael K., Thome, Randel J., Lightner, Bruce D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tarcza, Thomas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dunn, Alex C
• Application Number:
  US14/550,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20150170433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2510/18 Braking system
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/04 Vehicle stop
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/52 Determining velocity
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/02 Registering or indicating driving, working, idle, or waiting time only apparatus forming part of taximeters G07B13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers

Abstract

A base unit installed in a vehicle including a vehicle communication module for communicating with a controller, the controller monitoring at least one operating parameter of the vehicle. The base unit also includes a transceiver and a processor configured to receive the at least one operating parameter of the vehicle from the vehicle communication module. The processor is further configured to receive identifying information for a driver associated with the vehicle from at least one external device and process the at least one operating parameter and a set of thresholds associated with the driver to detect a driving event. The transceiver is configured to transmit the driving event to at least one external device.

Claims

1. A base unit installed in a vehicle comprising:

a vehicle communication module for communicating with a controller, the controller monitoring at least one operating parameter of the vehicle,

a transceiver;

a processor configured to

receive the at least one operating parameter of the vehicle from the vehicle communication module,

receive identifying information for a driver associated with the vehicle from at least one external device, and

process the at least one operating parameter and a set of thresholds associated with the driver to detect a driving event, and

wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit the driving event to the at least one external device.

2. The base unit of claim 1, wherein the at least one external device includes a mobile communication device.

3. The base unit of claim 1, wherein the at least one external device includes a server.

4. The base unit of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to process the at least one operating parameter to detect a compliance event, wherein the compliance event is used for driver compliance logging.

5. The base unit of claim 4, wherein driver compliance logging includes an hour-of-service log.

6. The base unit of claim 1, wherein the driving event includes at least one of the group of a “

vehicle over-speed”

event, an “

engine over-speed”

event, and a “

hard-braking”

event.

7. The base unit of claim 1, wherein the set of thresholds is modifiable based, at least in part, on the driver associated with the vehicle.

8. A method of determining driving events based, at least in part, on at least one operating parameter of a vehicle and identification information associated with a driver of the vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, at least one operating parameter of the vehicle,

receiving, by the processor, identifying information for the driver associated with the vehicle;

detecting, by the processor, at least one driving event based on the at least one operating parameter of the vehicle and a set of thresholds associated with the driver; and

transmitting information based on the driving event to an external device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting the information includes transmitting the information to a mobile communication device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein transmitting the information includes transmitting the information to a remote server.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising detecting, by the processor, at least one compliance event based, at least in part, on the at least one operating parameter of the vehicle.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining, by the processor, compliance logging based, at least in part, on the at least one compliance event and the identifying information.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein determining, by the processor, compliance logging based, at least in part, on the at least one compliance event and the identifying information includes determining, by the processor, an hour-of-service log associated with the driver.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the driving event includes at least one of the group of a “

vehicle over-speed”

event, an “

engine over-speed”

event, and a “

hard-braking”

event.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein detecting, by the processor, at least one driving event based on the at least one operating parameter of the vehicle and a set of thresholds associated with the driver includes determining the set of thresholds based, at least in part, on the driver associated with the vehicle.