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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Randall B. Dlugoss, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Kenneth K. Lang, Saline, MI (US);
Inventors:
Randall B. Dlugoss, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Kenneth K. Lang, Saline, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle monitoring system comprises a calculation module, an abnormal usage module, and memory. The calculation module calculates a vehicle usage value based on global positioning system (GPS) data and at least one data input, and calculates an expected vehicle usage value based on known vehicle characteristics and the GPS data. The abnormal usage module compares the vehicle usage value and the expected vehicle usage value. The memory stores an indicator based on the comparison.