Geotab Incorporated

James Patrick Howell

Thomas Arthur Walli

Neil Charles Cawse

Irene Wong

Methods and systems of enabling a transportation mode on a telematics device couplable to a vehicle are provided. A method includes detecting a first event or receiving a command for enabling a transportation mode, running a transportation mode power-saving scheme in response to receiving the first event or the command, and exiting the transportation mode power-saving scheme in response to detecting a second event.

Transportation mode for a vehicle telematics device

Methods, systems, and devices for asset travel monitoring are provided. An example method for asset travel monitoring involves monitoring a motion sensor of an asset tracking device located at an asset to determine whether the asset has entered into a travelling state, upon determination that the asset has entered into the travelling state, monitoring the motion sensor to determine whether the asset has left the travelling state, and, upon determination that the asset has left the travelling state, obtaining a present location of the asset tracking device and transmitting the present location to a remote server.

Motion sensors in asset travel monitoring

Methods and systems of enabling a storage mode on a telematics device coupled to a vehicle are provided. One method includes detecting a first event or receiving a command for enabling a storage mode, entering the storage mode in which the telematics device is in a sleep mode in response to receiving the first event or the command, and exiting the storage mode in response to detecting a second event.

Low-power modes for a vehicle telematics device

Methods and systems of enabling a transportation mode on a telematics device coupled to a vehicle are provided. One method includes detecting a first event or receiving a command for enabling a transportation mode, running a transportation mode power-saving scheme in response to receiving the first event or the command, and exiting the transportation mode power-saving scheme in response to detecting a second event.

Methods, systems, and devices for temperature-dependent charging of supercapacitor energy storage units of asset tracking devices are provided. An example method for temperature-dependent charging involves obtaining a temperature reading measured at an asset tracking device, the asset tracking device located at an asset to monitor travel of the asset, determining a target voltage for a supercapacitor energy storage unit of the asset tracking device based on the temperature reading to balance utilization of a capacity of the supercapacitor energy storage unit against temperature-dependent deterioration of the supercapacitor energy storage unit, and controlling a charging interface of the asset tracking device to charge the supercapacitor energy storage unit to the target voltage.

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James Patrick Howell