System for monitoring vehicle efficiency and vehicle and driver performance

US6253129A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Tripmaster Corporation · US

Inventors

• Paul C. Jenkins · Cedar Rapids, US
• David V. Deal · Cedar Rapids, US
• Thomas G. Cuthbertson · Cedar Rapids, US
• James Morton · Adamstown, US
• Andrew D. Smith · Arlington, US
• David Hoy · Grove City, US
• Gerald W. Egeberg · Cedar Rapids, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 27, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C5/0858
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A commercial vehicle fleet management system which integrates a vehicle on-board computer, a precise positioning system, and communication system to provide automated calculating and reporting of jurisdictional fuel taxes, road use taxes, vehicle registration fees, and the like. In a further aspect, there is provided an online mobile communication system and a system for monitoring carrier vehicle efficiency and vehicle driver performance.