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Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2016
Applicant:

Zonar Systems, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventor:

Bryan Hunt, Spokane, WA (US);

Assignee:

ZONAR SYSTEMS, INC., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2012.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); F01N 9/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 50/14 (2013.01); B60W 30/143 (2013.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); F01N 9/002 (2013.01); F02D 41/029 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0638 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0657 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2530/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/28 (2013.01); B60W 2550/142 (2013.01); B60W 2550/143 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01); B60W 2550/404 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0644 (2013.01); B60W 2710/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/30 (2013.01); B60W 2750/40 (2013.01); F02D 2200/701 (2013.01); G01C 21/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A remote user can define one or more zone based driver/vehicle behavior definitions. Current vehicle location is analyzed at the vehicle or remotely to determine if the vehicle is approaching or has arrived at a location for which a zone based driver/vehicle behavior has been defined. For zone based driver behavior definitions, a display in the vehicle automatically displays the zone based driver behavior definition to the driver. In some embodiments driver compliance is tracked and non-compliance is reported to the remote user. For zone based vehicle behavior definitions, a vehicle controller at the vehicle responsible for controlling the defined behavior is reprogrammed to impose the defined behavior (no regeneration at location, max speed at location, no idle over 2 minutes at location, etc.). Once the vehicle has left the zone, the controller programming reverts to its prior state, and/or zone based driver behavior definition is no longer displayed.


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