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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Telogis, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Mark Sargent, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Howard Jelinek, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Telogis, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
A black-box gateway device implemented in a vehicle and configured to interface with an engine computer and a plurality of wireless sensors installed in the vehicle, the gateway device can include a transceiver including input ports in communication with conductors that interface with the engine computer installed in an engine of the vehicle, radio frequency communications components comprising dual wireless functionality, including a first functionality for communicating wirelessly within the vehicle and a second functionality for communicating wirelessly over a cellular network disposed outside the vehicle, and one or more antennae that receive wireless signals from the radio frequency components. The transceiver can be configured to wirelessly receive sensor data from the wireless sensors disposed within the vehicle, the sensor data providing information associated with functionality of components of the vehicle.