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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2009
Bradley R. Larschan, Germantown, TN (US);
Alan C. Lesesky, Charlotte, NC (US);
J. Richard Bishop, Jr., Woodstock, MD (US);
James W. Welch, Germantown, TN (US);
Bradley R. Larschan, Germantown, TN (US);
Alan C. Lesesky, Charlotte, NC (US);
J. Richard Bishop, Jr., Woodstock, MD (US);
James W. Welch, Germantown, TN (US);
Innovative Global Systems, LLC, Rock Hill, SC (US);
Abstract
A method for logging and reporting driver activity and vehicle operation includes identifying a driver of a vehicle, recording operating data with an on-board recorder that is hard-wired to an engine control module, coupled to a mileage sensing system, and linked to a global navigation satellite system, and recording duty status of the driver. An hours of service log and a fuel tax log are created from the operating data. The method includes comparing the driver's hours of service log to an applicable requirement, indicating to the driver whether the driver is in-compliance or out-of-compliance with the applicable requirement, automatically uploading the logs to a receiver external to the vehicle using a wireless telecommunications network, and emitting a compliance signal representative of whether the driver is in-compliance or out-of-compliance with the applicable requirement to a second receiver external to the vehicle and under control of authorities.