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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis W Sutherland, Marion, IA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340989 ; 340991 ; 340993 ; 342457 ;
Abstract
A system and method for monitoring and reporting out-of-route mileage for long haul trucks which includes transmitting route data from a dispatcher to a distant truck where comparisons aboard the truck are made of its current position with predetermined acceptable positions and exception reports are generated and transmitted back to the dispatcher from the truck if the current position is not included in the set of predetermined acceptable positions.
Published as:
US5068656A; MX9102201A; CA2056045A1; EP0494499A2; EP0494499A3; CA2056045C; EP0494499B1; DE69121872D1; DE69121872T2;