Response mode verification in vehicle dispatch

• US 9,734,720 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2016
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Inventors: Erlich, Michael S., Schwerman, Ryan
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, TOAN NGOC
• Application Number:
  US15/086,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20160293011A1
• Time in Patent Office: 502 Days
• Field of Search: 340989, 340992, 34053913, 340 61, 340293, 340502, 340503
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/12 executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/02 by conversion into electric waveforms and subsequent integration, e.g. using tachometer generator G01C22/002, G01C22/004, G01C22/006 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063116 Schedule adjustment for a person or group
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A system for response mode verification according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a user interface device; a vehicle motion sensor located in a vehicle; a memory; and/or a processor communicably coupled to the user interface device, the vehicle motion sensor, and the memory, the memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive a dispatch request, receive a first indication from the user interface device based on a user indicating acceptance of the dispatch request, record an acceptance time of the first indication, receive a second indication from the vehicle motion sensor based on the vehicle motion sensor monitoring a change in movement of the vehicle, and record a vehicle motion time of the second indication, generate a notification indicating that a difference between the vehicle motion time and the acceptance time exceeds a threshold time.

Claims

1. A system for response mode verification, the system comprising:

a user interface device;

a vehicle motion sensor located in a vehicle;

a memory; and

a processor communicably coupled to the user interface device, the vehicle motion sensor, and the memory, the memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive a dispatch request,

receive a first indication from the user interface device based on a user indicating acceptance of the dispatch request,

record an acceptance time of the first indication,

receive a second indication from the vehicle motion sensor based on the vehicle motion sensor monitoring a change in movement of the vehicle, and

record a vehicle motion time of the second indication,

generate a notification indicating that a difference between the vehicle motion time and the acceptance time exceeds a threshold time.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface device, the memory, and the processor are located within the vehicle.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle motion sensor is a global positioning system device comprised by the vehicle.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle motion sensor is communicably coupled with a control system of the vehicle.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle motion sensor is configured to generate the second indication only when at least one of the following two conditions is met:

the vehicle exceeds a threshold speed and the vehicle exceeds a threshold distance traveled.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the vehicle motion sensor is configured to generate the second indication only when both of the two conditions are met.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the dispatch request originates with a dispatcher, and wherein generating the notification further comprises sending the notification to the dispatcher.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein generating the notification further comprises sending an electronic mail message.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is operated by a crew, and wherein generating the notification further comprises sending the notification to a supervisor of the crew when the supervisor is not in the vehicle.

10. A method for response mode verification, the method comprising:

receiving a dispatch request;

receiving a first indication from a user interface device based on a user indicating acceptance of the dispatch request;

recording an acceptance time of the first indication;

receiving a second indication from a vehicle motion sensor based on the vehicle motion sensor monitoring a change in movement of a vehicle;

recording a vehicle motion time of the second indication; and

generating a notification indicating that a difference between the vehicle motion time and the acceptance time exceeds a threshold time.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the user interface device, a memory, and a processor are located within the vehicle.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the vehicle motion sensor is a global positioning system device comprised by the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the vehicle motion sensor is communicably coupled with a control system of the vehicle.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising generating the second indication with the vehicle motion sensor only when at least one of the following two conditions is met:

the vehicle exceeds a threshold speed and the vehicle exceeds a threshold distance traveled.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising generating the second indication with the vehicle motion sensor only when both of the two conditions are met.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein receiving the dispatch request comprises receiving the dispatch from a dispatcher, and wherein generating the notification further comprises sending the notification to the dispatcher.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein generating the notification further comprises sending an electronic mail message.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the vehicle is operated by a crew, and wherein generating the notification further comprises sending the notification to a supervisor of the crew, wherein the supervisor is not in the vehicle.

19. A system for response mode verification, the system comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to be communicably coupled to a user interface device, a vehicle motion sensor, and the memory, the memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive a dispatch request,

receive a first indication from the user interface device based on a user indicating acceptance of the dispatch request,

record an acceptance time of the first indication,

receive a second indication from the vehicle motion sensor based on the vehicle motion sensor monitoring a change in movement of the vehicle, and

record a vehicle motion time of the second indication,

generate a notification indicating that a difference between the vehicle motion time and the acceptance time exceeds a threshold time.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising the user interface device, wherein the user interface device, the memory, and the processor are located within a vehicle.

21. The system of claim 19, further comprising the vehicle motion sensor, wherein the vehicle motion sensor is a global positioning system device comprised by the vehicle.

22. The system of claim 19, further comprising the vehicle motion sensor, wherein the vehicle motion sensor is communicably coupled with a control system of a vehicle.

23. The system of claim 19, further comprising the vehicle motion sensor in a vehicle, wherein the vehicle motion sensor is configured to generate the second indication only when at least one of the following two conditions is met:

the vehicle exceeds a threshold speed and the vehicle exceeds a threshold distance traveled.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the vehicle motion sensor is configured to generate the second indication only when both of the two conditions are met.

25. The system of claim 19, wherein the dispatch request originates with a dispatcher, and wherein generating the notification further comprises sending the notification to the dispatcher.

26. The system of claim 19, wherein generating the notification further comprises sending an electronic mail message.

27. The system of claim 19 implemented in a vehicle operated by a crew, wherein generating the notification further comprises sending the notification to a supervisor of the crew when the supervisor is not in the vehicle.