EMERGENCY EVENT BASED VEHICLE DATA LOGGING

摘要

System and method for enabling predefined events to be used to trigger the collection of vehicle position data. A combination GSM device and GPS device is used to collect vehicle position data and to convey that position data to a remote computing device for review and/or analysis. There is a tradeoff between collecting too much data (cell phone bill is too high) and collecting too little data (value added analytics cannot be achieved without sufficient data). The concepts disclosed herein relate to method and apparatus to enable the data collection/transmission paradigm of such a GSM/GPS to be varied (or triggered) based on the detection of one or more predefined events. This enables data which can contribute to value added analytics to be acquired, without wasting airtime on unimportant data.

主权项

1. A method for changing a data logging paradigm used to collect vehicle data from a vehicle, the change in the data logging paradigm being implemented in response to the activation of emergency equipment, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) collecting vehicle data from the vehicle during vehicle operation according to a defined logging paradigm; (b) determining if an item of emergency equipment at the vehicle has been activated, the item of emergency equipment comprising at least one element selected from a group consisting of:
(i) an emergency siren;(ii) an emergency light;(iii) an emergency communications data link; and(iv) a panic button; and (c) in response to determining that the item of emergency equipment has been activated, modifying the defined logging paradigm to collect additional vehicle data.