Bridgestone Mobility Solutions B.v.

André Pomsel

Thomas Hagenau

Henrik Schiller

Gianfranco Santoro

Karsten Fischer

Christian Meissner

Steffen Kurzke

René Liebscher

Alexander Schmidt

A method of operating a wireless communication device installed in a vehicle to transmit data indicative of trips made by the vehicle to a remote device. An ignition state of the vehicle is determined, wherein said ignition state includes at least an ignition 'on' state. A time window is defined based on a time at which the vehicle is determined to be in the ignition 'on' state, and a type is assigned to a trip to be made by the vehicle, wherein the trip is of a first type when input data indicative of an input by a user on an input device operatively connected to the wireless communication device is received in the defined time window, and is otherwise of a second type. A message is generated, at least for trips of the first type, indicating the type assigned to the trip, and is wirelessly transmitted to the remote device.

Wireless communication devices

A sensoris arranged to read data transmitted on a digital vehicle network. The sensor comprises a wire holding unit, and a sensing unit. The wire holding unit and sensing unit are connectable to one another, the sensor further comprising a locking mechanism to lock the wire holding unit and the sensing unit together, when the wire holding unit and sensing unit are connected to one another.

Contactless sensor for vehicle digital communications network

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

André Pomsel