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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Geotab Inc., Oakville, CA;
Kenneth James Hendrik Geertsema, Kitchener, CA;
Paul Philip Ciolek, Milton, CA;
Michael Giannikouris, Kitchener, CA;
Alexander K. Koch, Guelph, CA;
Ryan Andrew MacDonald, Maryland, CA;
Geotab Inc., Oakville, CA;
Abstract
Methods for asset type fingerprinting are provided. An example method involves an asset tracking system failing to identify an asset type fingerprint and requesting an asset type fingerprint from an asset data analysis system. The asset data analysis system generates a proposed asset type fingerprint, links the asset type fingerprint to a set of signal definitions that indicate how to decode data messages from the asset. The asset data analysis system transmits the proposed asset type fingerprint to the asset data analysis system, which then decodes at least some data messages from the asset thus obtaining asset information. The method may be used to identify vehicle types and decode proprietary or non-standard data messages via a vehicle's diagnostic port.