Critical event reporting
View Patent ↗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.
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.