CA2056045C - System and method for monitoring and reporting out-of-route mileage for long haul trucks - Google Patents
System and method for monitoring and reporting out-of-route mileage for long haul trucksInfo
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring and reporting out-of-route mileage for long haul trucks which includes transmitting route data from a dispatcher to a distant truck where comparisons aboard the truck are made of its current position with predetermined acceptable position and exception reports are generated and transmitted back to the dispatcher from the truck if the current position is not included in the set of predetermined acceptable positions.
Description
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2 The present inven'cion ge~erally relates to sa~ellite comsnunicat~ ons sy~eIns and more pa~tiçula~ly relates to 4 satel~i~e ~ommunications systems for the lonq haul tru~king indust~y an~ eve~ tnore paxticularly rela~es ~o an apparatus and 6 method f~ determining and xeportin~, to a ce~tr~l location, whether a pa~ticular tr~ck a~ some distant location, ;s 8 travel ng ou~side of a prede~ex~nin~d ac~eptable rou~e.
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B~KG~OUND OF.~HE ~Y~ ION
2 For year~ tru~in~ ~o~pqnieS have a~tempted to monitor and control out-of-~oute ~leage d~iven by long haul truckers.
4 In the past, tru~k drivers have bee~ known to, ~ithe~
unintentionally or intentionally, drive considerable dista~ces 6 from ~heir assignea ro~tes. These "o~-of-route~ m~les are extreme~y expensive to ~ruc~ing companies ~ec~use of the 8 additional ~uel e~pense and maintenance expe~Ses a~sociated wi~h the additional mileage.
Several different methods have been used in ~he past as at~empts to restrict out-of-~ou~e mileage. One e~a~ple is ~o 1~ re~uire the ~ruc~ driver to periodi~a~ly S~op ~he ~ehicle and telephone in ~he vehicle lo~ation. Another has been to monitor 1~ the actual mile~qe ~hat ha~ been driven ~nd ~ompal~e it to the predeterlnin~d route dis~an~e. Ye~ ar~other is to continuously 1~ transmit, 1~y radio et~ he ~ruc:k' s p~esen~ positior~ to a central dispatcher ~here it c:an ~e monito~ed.
1~ While these methods have enjoyed some ~se in the past, ~he~ do ~ave ~everal ser~o~s d~awbacks~ P~rst of all, the zO method which ~equires the truck driver ~o stop the vehicle and te~ephone in has disadv~nt~ges be~ause i~ re~uires additional 22 duties f~r the ~ruck ~river an~ ~s~oci~ted delays.
Furthermo~e, problems with t~e ve~acity and aecuracy of the 24 driver s position report can ~e f reg~ent impediments ~o accurate and timely out-of-route dete~minations. The method o~
comparin~ the actual total mileage the truck was driven with 2 ~he tota} predetermine~ rou~e distan~e is undesi~able because it c~nnot b~ performed in a r~ ime fashion and must in~olve 4 a lag time when the truck is be~ng driven and when the co~parisons are m~de. The method i~volving continuous ~adio tran~mission of ~he tr~ck~'s ~u~rent position to a ~entral dispatche~ is undesira~le because it ~onsumes much precious 8 radio transmission time and fur~her places a ~reat bu~den o~
the centr~l dispa~cher ~nd dispa~he~'s comp~er, especially i~
10 n~merous tr~cks aLe bei~ simult~neousl~ moni~ored~
~ onseque~tly the~e exis~s a need for i~prove~ent in the 12 monitoring and repo~ting of ou~-of-route mileage or the ~rucking industry.
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SUMM~RY OF rHE I~NTIO~.
2 I~ is an o~je~t of the p~esent invention to provide an appa~ s and method for ~educing the out-of-rou~e ~istances 4 travelled by trucks.
It i~ a feature of the presen~ in~en~ion ~o include ` ~ s~tellite com~unication~ system and on-bo~rd truek positio~
determi~ing s~stem~
8 It is an ad~an~age of ~he present invention to dete~mine info~mation ~oncerning ~ruck position in a re~l-ti~e fashion.
~t i~ ~nother feature o ~he present i~vention to provi~e an ~n-~oard apparatus for ~etermining whethe~ ~he 1~ current truek position is ou~side of a p~edete~mined ~cceptable route and ~enerating ~n e~ception repor~ if appropriate.
~4 It is another advantage o~ ~he p~esent invention to ale~t the central dispatcher of any ou~-of-~ou~e t~ks without 16 the need for ~ontinuou~ transmission o vehicle position to the cen~r~l dispatcher.
1~ The p~esen~ invention p~o~ides a satellite comm~nication and t~uck ~osition system with the capabili~y of ~on~to~in~ and ~0 ~eporting ou~-o-~oute ~ru~k mileage which is designed to s~tisfy the aforementioned need~, p~o~ce the earlier 2Z p~opounded objec~s, in~lude the abov~ desaribed features and ~chieve th~ already a~icula~ed advant~ges. The invention is 24 car~ied out in a "drive~-less" system in a sense tha~ the need for ac~ual ~nvol~e~ent of the truck d~iver in ~he out-of-route o~ ~
mi~eage determination is eli~ina~ed. Instead, the current 2 tr~c~ position and a~ceptable truck position compa~i~ons are made ~ an on-board apparat~s wh~ch ~equir~s no driver 4 interaction. Additionally, the invention ls c~rried out in a ~lag time-less" system in a sense that the lag time that is 6 generally associated with comp~ring the actual driven mileage with the accep~abl~ route mileage,-aft~r the trip h~s en~ed, is B elimin~ted. Instead, the de~ermination of ~he out-of-route mile~ge i~ m~de on a real time or near real t~me basis~
~urther~ore, the invent~on is car~ied out in an e~cessive co~yute~ bur~en-less~' system in the sense that the ~2 excessi~e computer burden associated wi~h receivi~g, monitoring~ and processing continuous position reports from 14 numerous v~hicl~s is eliminate~. Instead, the determina~ion of out-of-route mileage is done on-board the ~ruck and a~
16 exception report is issued only when the vehicle is outside the ~ssi~ned ro~te, ~hereby greatly reducin~ the r~aio t~ansmission 18 an~ cen~ral ~omputer hurden ~hen the t~u~s are within the route.
Accordingly, ~he pr~sent inven~ion provides a s~stem and method fo~ monitoring ana reporting ou~-of-Lo~te mile~ge for 22 long haul truc~s, including means ~or determiI~ing geographic position o~ a truc~, means ~or ~ranslnitting and receiving 2056()4~
information between the truck and a dispatch station, means on-board said truck for comparing said geographic position of said truck with a frame of acceptable predetermined geographic positions for said truck and S means for generating an exception report when said geographic position is outside of the range of acceptable predetermined geographic positions.
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention a system for monitoring and reporting out-of-route trucks is comprised of apparatus for transmittingsignals corresponding to geographic coordinates of a predetermined location from a central dispatch station to a truck at some distant point; apparatus for receiving the signals corresponding to the geographic coordinates from the central dispatch; apparatus for generating route rectangles indicative of areas surrounding road segments to be traveled on board a truck and without driver action having the geographic coordinates at either a first end or a second end of a route rectangle; apparatus for providing a position signal corresponding to the current position of the truck; apparatus for comparing the position signal on board a truck and without driver action with a set of predetermined acceptable positions; apparatus for 2s generating an exception report without driver intervention if the position signal is not included in the set of acceptable positions; apparatus of transmitting the exception report to the central dispatcher; and apparatus for receiving an exception report on a real-time basis and alerting a central dispatcher of the out-of-route status.
In accordance with another embodiment, a method of monitoring and reporting out-of-route mileage trucks is comprised of the steps of determining, at a first location, a specific route for a predetermined origin and destination; transmitting signals corresponding to the origin and the destination from the first location to a vehicle at a second location;
generating route rectangles on board the vehicle, S wherein the rectangles define a plurality of acceptable positions; providing a position signal corresponding to the current position of the vehicle; comparing the position signal with the plurality of acceptable positions; generating an exception report if the position signal is not included in the plurality of acceptable positions; and transmitting the exception report from the vehicle at the second location to the first location.
In accordance with another embodiment, a method of monitoring out-of-route mileage trucks is comprised of the steps of determining at a first location a specific route for a predetermined origin and destination; dividing the route into a series of one or more route segments each having a predetermined route length; transmitting from the first location signals corresponding to the geographic coordinates representing the endpoints of each of the route segments together with the predetermined length for each route segment; generating on board the vehicle an area of acceptable positions disposed around the endpoints; providing an accumulated mileage signal corresponding to the accumulated mileage the vehicle has traversed; providing a current position signal corresponding to the position of the vehicle; comparing the current position signal with the set of acceptable positions after the accumulated mileage signal has reached the predetermined route length for the route segment; and, transmitting an exception report from the vehicle to the first location if the current position signal is not in the set of acceptable positions.
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2 The inv~ntion m~ ~e more fIllly understood by rea~ing the following description o a preferred embodiment of the 4 inverltion in coniun~tion ~i~h the appended drawings wherein;
Figure 1 is a represen~ati-on of ~he ~ystem of ~he 6 present invention ~ncluding the mobile unit which gerle~ates position excep~on reports, the sat~ e and tlle dispatch 8 sta~ on which accepts and processes position excePtion reports .
Figure 2 i~ a ~un~tional block diagram ~epresentation o 10 the appa~atus of ~he p~ese~t invention which is loeated on board the truck.
1~ Figures 3A ~ 3B are 10w ~harts of the method o~ the present invention for det~rnining and r~porting out-of-route 1~ mileage.
Fiy~re 4A is a geographi~ representation o~ a 16 represent~ti~e truck ~oute cont~ining predetermined acceptable route ~ectangles o~ ~igure 3A.
18 ~igure 4~ is a geograph;c rep~esentation of a representati~e truc~ route containin~ zones separ~ted by ~outes 20 of pre~etermined length o~ Figure ~B.
DE~ ED ~SC~IPT~ON
2 Now ref~rring to Fig~re 1, there is shown a system fo~
monitoring and repo~ting out-o~-ro~e mileage, of the present 4 invention, generally d~signated 10~. System 100 includes a communications satellite 112, a ~ractor-trailer combination 122 6 a~d a dispatch center 132.
Tractor-trailer 122 includes a mobile t~ansceiver unit 8 124 disposed on board for generating and ~ansmit~ing posi~ion ex~ep~ion report s~gnals through antenna 1~ to the ~ispa~hes 10 134 ~t dispatch ~e~mina~ 13~ ~y way o antenna/t~ansceiver 138 at aispatch ~en~e~ 1~2. This d~s~rip~ion ~s ~erely exempl~ry 12 of ~an~ possi~le t~a~tor~sa~ellite~dispatch center com~inations. I~ is also contemplated that a single e~rth 14 s~ation ~oul~ receive ~i~nals ro~ the satelli~e and rely the messages via telephone lines to ~arious geog~aphicall~
16 disper-~ed ~ispa~hers, Al~o, other transmitter and re~eive~
combinations may be utilized which do no~ use ~tellite 18 communications. Fo~ e~ample, traditional radio communications o~ radio/telephone comm~nications coul~ ~e substitu~ed for the 20 satell~te com~uni~ations s~stem.
Now refe~ring to ~ re 2, t~ere is shown a blo~k 2~ di~gram ~f th~ appar~tus of the presen~ inven~ion, generally designated 200, in~ludi~g a trans~ei~er compu~er assem~ly 204 24 and a program memory asse~ 206.
~The apparatus ~0~ is sho~n as an e~am~le, ~ut other 2~6~
designs which are capab~e of performing t~le sarne func~ions of 2 radio communic~tion and comparison of c~rrent posi~ion with predetermined acceptable positions ~ay be su~s~ituted.
4 Transce~er comp~ter assembl~ 204 incl~des p~ocessor 21~, whi~h is preferably an 80C186 p~ocesso~, which is capabl~
6 of ~erfo~ing ~n~ny functions includ~ng route rec~angle genera~i~n and ~he co~parison of curren~ posi~io~ with 8 predetermined acceptable positions. Processor 210 is couple~
with data bus 212. Also coupled with ~ata bus 212 is discrete 10 ~ransceiver controls 214 which prov~de~ the no~a~ control funGtions for ~ transcei~er asse~nbly~ power suppl~ ~nte~Eace 12 21~ whieh provides the p~we~ source necessa~y for a typical tLansceiver assembly, a Di~it~l S~gnal Processo~ (~SP) 1~ interface ~18 for ext~acting ~he digi~al in~ormation stream from an e~tremely lo~ signa~ to noise ratio r~dio freq~ency 1~ transmis5io~ and i~ prefera~ly a A~SP2~05, and exciter int~r~ace 22~ for controlling the transm~tter ou~put signal to 1~ noise ratio, a synthesizer interface 222 or controlling the transmitter ~nd receiver f~e~uency at low phase noise 20 correc~ing ~or ~oppler shi f t o~er ~ wi~e te~pera~ure range, with high frequency sta~ility wh;ch i~ pref~rabl~ ~n ASIC
2~ circuit and a seri~ O con~roller 224 which is prefera~lY a 28SC~0 and ~s used to control ~he inpu~ and o~p~t o~ data rom 24 a variety of sources in~l~ding a CDU 226, an external data ~erminal 228, ~n auxili~ data ~ource 230 and ~ positio~
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source ~32~ C~U 226 may be a de~ice p~ovidîng ~or alphanu~eric 2 keyboard, special f~nction keys or con~rvl, disp~ay a~ea ~or text ~essa~es, status lights, and au~ible annunciator to ale~t 4 veh~cle dr~ver, exter~al data terminal 2~8 may be a keyboard or other de~ice fo~ allowing ~he d~i~er to manually in put data, 6 ~be auxiliary data source ma~ be an additional data sou~ce of any ~ype ~ut, prefera41y is a Rockwell ~ntern~tional "Tripm~ster"~ data rec~der, or similar data re~order and the position source 23~ m~y be a GP~ receiver or a Loran C receiver 10 or a~y o~her de~ice which is caPable of providing a ~eport on ~he vehi~le position.
12 Also coupled to data bus 21~ are ~e dis~rete ~nstallation in~e~a~e ~4 and the applica~ions pro~essor 14 interface 236~ Also coupled ~o data bus 212 and applications processor ~36 are ~emories in~luding nonvolatile memory 238 and 16 sc~atch pad ~AM 240.
Trans~ei~er computer a~sembly 204 is ~oupled to proq~am 18 memo~y assembly 206 ~hrough dat~ ~us ~12 wh~h p~ovides access to cont~ol pro~r~ ~P~OM 242 and app~ications prog~am EPROM 2~4.
~o~ refer~ing to Fig~e 3A, there is shown a 10w chart of a prefe~ed method of ~he present in~ention includi~g~
~2 Step 1. A ~ru~k is ~ssigne~ ~o ~rry a load from an origin ~ a destina~io~.
24 Step 2. A ~o~e bet~een origin ~n~ des~ina~ion is selected.
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Step 3. T~e route is broken into segmen~s, sv that, the 2 posi~ion o~ the selecte~ route ~alls wi~hin a route ~ectangle h~ving a predeter~ined width dimension and variable length 4 dimension.
Step 4. The geographic coord~na~es representing ~he 6 endpoints of the route segment are transmit~ed to the ~ruck.
S~ep 5. The on-board processor generates the bo~ndaries 8 of ~he rou~e rectangle so that the opposi~e ends o~ the rec~a~gle are a prede~-ermined ~is~a~ce fro~ the route seqme~
10 end points ~nd ~hereb~ creates a set ~f geographic positions which ~re loca~ed ~i~hin the rectangle a~d thereb~ are 12 acceptable positions for th~ truck.
Step 6~ Steps 4 ~ ~ are repeated for each segmen~
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s~ep 7. A~ on-~oard positionin~ system provides a }6 curre~t positlon si~l, then the on-board processor compares ~he curren~ position signal ~o the set of ~ecept~le posit~ons 18 fallin~ within the route ~ectangles.
Step 8. I~ ~he cur~ent position iæ not in the set of 20 aecepta~le positions, then a position exception repo~t i~
~enerated hy the on-~oard pro~es~o~.
2~ Step ~ The t~an~ceiver t~an~mits the position ~ception report to the di~patcher.
24 Now ~eferring to Figure 3B ~here is shown a flow chart of the me~h~d o~ ~he p~esent invention including:
Step 1. A truck is assigned to car~y a load from an 2 origin to a destina~ion.
Step 2. ~ route be~ween origin and des~ination is 4 selected.
Step 3. The ro~te is bro~en int~ sègments, So tha~, the len~th of each segment has a known route length.
Step 4. ~he geographic coordin.ates representing the end 8 points of the route segménts are trans~i~ted to the ~ru~k ~long with the known ~oute len~th ~or e~ch ~eg~ént.
Step 5. The ~anscei~er receiver assembly generates and an area o~ acceptable positions disposed around the se~ment end 12 po~nt~
Step 6. Steps 4 and 5 ~re repeated for ea~h segment 14 provided by 5tep 3..
Step 7 . ~n on-board mi ~eage counter which provides an 16 accumulated mileage signal to the on~board processo~. When the accumulated mile~ge signal ~q~als e~uals the route ~ength 18 received from the dispatcher, the on-~oard processor compares the c~rent position signal from the on-board positionin~
20 system to the se~ of ac~eptable pos;t~ons for the end point.
Step 8. I~ the cur~en~ positio~ si~nal is not in the se~
22 of acceptab~e positions, then a position exception ~eport is generated by the on-board~proc~ssor.
24 5tep ~. The trans~ei~er trans~its the position exception ~eport to the dispatcher.
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Now referrin~ to Figure 4A, ~here is shown a geog~aphi~
2 map, of a p~r~ion o th~ sta~e o ~owa, generally design~te~
400A, wh~ch includes a references point 40Z, corresponding to 4 the ~ity o~ Cedar R~pids, ~owa and a referençe point 404 corresponding to ~hs ci~y o~ Council Bluffs, Iowa. Extending 6 between points 402 ~d 404 is solid line 403 which represents a selected ~oute ~ro~ the o~igin at Cedar ~apids ~o the 8 destin~tion a~ Coun~i 1 Bluf s ~
Also shown is a first route rectangle ~06 which extends 10 generally southward from a point north of CedA~ Rapids.
Enclosed in rectangle 40~ is ~ine segment 408 which repre~ents ~ a route segment ~orresponding to a seçtion of Interstate 380.
~lso shown is ro~te rectangle 410 having ~herein line 41~
~4 repreSe~ing a route se~men~ co~respondin~ to a se~tion o Interstate 80. Also shown is a route ~ec~angle 414 h~vi~g l~ne 16 416 the~ein whieh rep~esents a~o~her section of Inte~tate 80 Also sho~ are route rectangles 418, 420, and 422 conta~ning 1~ the~e~n lines 424, 426 and 428 respecti~ely which each ~epresent a section o~ Intcrs~at~ 80.
Z0 It can be seen ~hat the lines 40~, 41Z, 42~, 4~5, and 4~8 are ~enerally linear and are al~ays located completely 22 within their ~espective route ~tang~es. In fact, the orient~tion and dimension of ~he route rec~angle~ are selected 24 so t~at the route ~egment contained ~herein is at a ~-~vm 20~4~
leng~h and thsreby creating the need for ~ mini~um numbe~ of ~oute rectangles on any pa~ c~lar route.
In ope~a~ion, as a t~uck proceeds from Ced~ ~apid~, the 4 oriyin, to Council B~uffs, ~he des~ination, t~e on-b~rd po~itioning s~stem and on-board processor arç f ~eq~ently 6 determ~ning the cur~en~ position o~ the tru~k and compa~ing it to the set of a~ceptable positions falling within the route 8 rect~ngles. If the d~iver either intentio~ally or unintentionall~ deviates f~om ~he assig~ed route, ~o the extent 10 tha~ the t~ck is no longe~ located in the route rectangle, the on-boa~d proces~r will generate ~n e~ception ~eport and it 12 will be t~nsmitted to the dispatcher, where appropriate actions can ~e take~ the ~ruck operates enti~ely on the 14 assigned route and ne~er leaves ~he ~oute rectangles, ~hen no e~ception reports will be gene~ated.
16 Now referr;ng to Pigure 4B, the~e is s~own a geographic ma~ of, a po~tion of the ~tate of ~owa, generally designa~ed 18 40UB, which include~ a reference poin~ 402B ~orresponding to Ceda~ Rapids, Iowa ana a refe~ence po~nt 404B corresponding to Z~ ~ouncil Blufs, Iowa, the destina~ion. Ext~nding between points 402~ ~nd 404B is 1 ne 403B whi~h corresponds to the 2z selec~ed rou~e be~ween or~slin ~edar ~apids an~ destinat~ on ~ouncil BluffS. Lin~ 403B is b~oken into a se~ies of line 24 segments 460, 462, 464, 466 and 468. I~he line seglnents ~oin at junc'cion points 4~1, 463, 465 and 467. Disposed aro~lnd each of ~ D~45 the iunction poin~s ig shown a circular zone whiCh corresponds to ~ prede~-erm~ned zone about the junCtion point in which a set Of ~cceptable positions a~e located.
q In operation, once the route ~aS ~een deter~ined to extend f~om Cedar Xapids to ~oun~i~ Bluffs the parti~ular route path is selected and is b~oken in~o several segments whe~e each seg~en~ has a k~own rou~e length. When ~he vehi~le is 8 progressing along the route, the on-board ~ileage ~ounter or ~T~ipmaster"~ accumulate5 the mileage ~ravel~e~ from the last 10 ju~ction point ~nd provi~es a signal to the proee~sor. When this ~c~um~lated mileage sisnal equals ~he known ~oute length, 12 which ha-~ been trans~itted from the dispat~h cen~er to the on-board p~ocessor, the proCessor then comp3~es the cu~rent 14 position ;nfo~mation from the on-~oard positionin~ system with the set of aeeeptable positions lo~ated in ~he circle about the 1~ ne~t junction point. If the ~e~i~le has t~e~led on the ~ssi~ned route, ~hen the vehicle will be loc~ed withln the 18 ci~cle ~f acceptable pos~tions ~nd no e~cept~on repo~t will be generated. Howeve~ the vehicle has si~nifican~ly depar~ed 20 from the assigned route and is not lo~ated in the circle of accepta~le positio~s after drivin~ the p~eassigned route 22 length, then an excepti~n report will ~e generated and trA~mi~.ted ~ack ~o the dispatcher where appropriate action can Z4 take p~ce. If no e~pti~n report is generated as the vehi~le - 2~4~
passes a junction point, then the mileage counter is reset to 2 zero and ~he proces~ eontinues again until ~he mileage co~nter has accumulated ~ileage equival~nt to the known ~oute m~leage 4 fo~ the new segment. At that time the present ~ehicle position will ~e again compa~ed to the positions lo~ated at the 6 new ~ircle surrounding the new junction point.
The a~o~e description focuses on determination o~
ou~-of-route-mileage by dividing ~he pre~s~igned route in~
man~ge~ble ~oute segmen~s of known length, however it ma~ also 10 be desirable to transmit ~o the vehicle inter~ediate points such as state line crossings, to~l road entrances, toll road 12 e~its, cargo pickup points, ~argo a~Op off point~, etc. These points co~ld ~e use~ as endpoint~ of line segments or as 14 in~e~mediate points. As intermediate points they would not necessarily be at a known ~ist~nce from a p~e~ious point ~ut 16 ~ou~d serve to provide valuable information ~y comparing the cu~ent posi~ion sign31 ~ith a set of pre~e~ermined accep~able 18 position signals di~posed about each of these interme~ate ~oints. If a current position signal m~tches with an 20 acceptable position in the ci~c~e of accept~le positions for ~he fir~t expected intermediate poin~, the~ therea~te~, ~he 22 current position signal will be compared with the set of acceptab~e positions co~esponding to the next in~erme~iate 24 point an~ so on throughout the series o~ intermedia~e points.
'The system for moni~oring and repo~ting out of-route i2 mileage for ~ong ~aul tru~ks, of the present invention, in many !of i~s attendant advantages will be understood f rom the 14 fore~oing description and it will be appa~en~ that ~rious changes ~ay be made in the form, ~onstru~tion, and ~he 6 arrangement of the pa~ts, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, or sa~rifi~ing all of their ~aterial 8 ad~antages, the fo~ herein being me~ely a p~eferred or e~emp~ary e~bodi~ent thereof.
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B~KG~OUND OF.~HE ~Y~ ION
2 For year~ tru~in~ ~o~pqnieS have a~tempted to monitor and control out-of-~oute ~leage d~iven by long haul truckers.
4 In the past, tru~k drivers have bee~ known to, ~ithe~
unintentionally or intentionally, drive considerable dista~ces 6 from ~heir assignea ro~tes. These "o~-of-route~ m~les are extreme~y expensive to ~ruc~ing companies ~ec~use of the 8 additional ~uel e~pense and maintenance expe~Ses a~sociated wi~h the additional mileage.
Several different methods have been used in ~he past as at~empts to restrict out-of-~ou~e mileage. One e~a~ple is ~o 1~ re~uire the ~ruc~ driver to periodi~a~ly S~op ~he ~ehicle and telephone in ~he vehicle lo~ation. Another has been to monitor 1~ the actual mile~qe ~hat ha~ been driven ~nd ~ompal~e it to the predeterlnin~d route dis~an~e. Ye~ ar~other is to continuously 1~ transmit, 1~y radio et~ he ~ruc:k' s p~esen~ positior~ to a central dispatcher ~here it c:an ~e monito~ed.
1~ While these methods have enjoyed some ~se in the past, ~he~ do ~ave ~everal ser~o~s d~awbacks~ P~rst of all, the zO method which ~equires the truck driver ~o stop the vehicle and te~ephone in has disadv~nt~ges be~ause i~ re~uires additional 22 duties f~r the ~ruck ~river an~ ~s~oci~ted delays.
Furthermo~e, problems with t~e ve~acity and aecuracy of the 24 driver s position report can ~e f reg~ent impediments ~o accurate and timely out-of-route dete~minations. The method o~
comparin~ the actual total mileage the truck was driven with 2 ~he tota} predetermine~ rou~e distan~e is undesi~able because it c~nnot b~ performed in a r~ ime fashion and must in~olve 4 a lag time when the truck is be~ng driven and when the co~parisons are m~de. The method i~volving continuous ~adio tran~mission of ~he tr~ck~'s ~u~rent position to a ~entral dispatche~ is undesira~le because it ~onsumes much precious 8 radio transmission time and fur~her places a ~reat bu~den o~
the centr~l dispa~cher ~nd dispa~he~'s comp~er, especially i~
10 n~merous tr~cks aLe bei~ simult~neousl~ moni~ored~
~ onseque~tly the~e exis~s a need for i~prove~ent in the 12 monitoring and repo~ting of ou~-of-route mileage or the ~rucking industry.
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2 I~ is an o~je~t of the p~esent invention to provide an appa~ s and method for ~educing the out-of-rou~e ~istances 4 travelled by trucks.
It i~ a feature of the presen~ in~en~ion ~o include ` ~ s~tellite com~unication~ system and on-bo~rd truek positio~
determi~ing s~stem~
8 It is an ad~an~age of ~he present invention to dete~mine info~mation ~oncerning ~ruck position in a re~l-ti~e fashion.
~t i~ ~nother feature o ~he present i~vention to provi~e an ~n-~oard apparatus for ~etermining whethe~ ~he 1~ current truek position is ou~side of a p~edete~mined ~cceptable route and ~enerating ~n e~ception repor~ if appropriate.
~4 It is another advantage o~ ~he p~esent invention to ale~t the central dispatcher of any ou~-of-~ou~e t~ks without 16 the need for ~ontinuou~ transmission o vehicle position to the cen~r~l dispatcher.
1~ The p~esen~ invention p~o~ides a satellite comm~nication and t~uck ~osition system with the capabili~y of ~on~to~in~ and ~0 ~eporting ou~-o-~oute ~ru~k mileage which is designed to s~tisfy the aforementioned need~, p~o~ce the earlier 2Z p~opounded objec~s, in~lude the abov~ desaribed features and ~chieve th~ already a~icula~ed advant~ges. The invention is 24 car~ied out in a "drive~-less" system in a sense tha~ the need for ac~ual ~nvol~e~ent of the truck d~iver in ~he out-of-route o~ ~
mi~eage determination is eli~ina~ed. Instead, the current 2 tr~c~ position and a~ceptable truck position compa~i~ons are made ~ an on-board apparat~s wh~ch ~equir~s no driver 4 interaction. Additionally, the invention ls c~rried out in a ~lag time-less" system in a sense that the lag time that is 6 generally associated with comp~ring the actual driven mileage with the accep~abl~ route mileage,-aft~r the trip h~s en~ed, is B elimin~ted. Instead, the de~ermination of ~he out-of-route mile~ge i~ m~de on a real time or near real t~me basis~
~urther~ore, the invent~on is car~ied out in an e~cessive co~yute~ bur~en-less~' system in the sense that the ~2 excessi~e computer burden associated wi~h receivi~g, monitoring~ and processing continuous position reports from 14 numerous v~hicl~s is eliminate~. Instead, the determina~ion of out-of-route mileage is done on-board the ~ruck and a~
16 exception report is issued only when the vehicle is outside the ~ssi~ned ro~te, ~hereby greatly reducin~ the r~aio t~ansmission 18 an~ cen~ral ~omputer hurden ~hen the t~u~s are within the route.
Accordingly, ~he pr~sent inven~ion provides a s~stem and method fo~ monitoring ana reporting ou~-of-Lo~te mile~ge for 22 long haul truc~s, including means ~or determiI~ing geographic position o~ a truc~, means ~or ~ranslnitting and receiving 2056()4~
information between the truck and a dispatch station, means on-board said truck for comparing said geographic position of said truck with a frame of acceptable predetermined geographic positions for said truck and S means for generating an exception report when said geographic position is outside of the range of acceptable predetermined geographic positions.
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention a system for monitoring and reporting out-of-route trucks is comprised of apparatus for transmittingsignals corresponding to geographic coordinates of a predetermined location from a central dispatch station to a truck at some distant point; apparatus for receiving the signals corresponding to the geographic coordinates from the central dispatch; apparatus for generating route rectangles indicative of areas surrounding road segments to be traveled on board a truck and without driver action having the geographic coordinates at either a first end or a second end of a route rectangle; apparatus for providing a position signal corresponding to the current position of the truck; apparatus for comparing the position signal on board a truck and without driver action with a set of predetermined acceptable positions; apparatus for 2s generating an exception report without driver intervention if the position signal is not included in the set of acceptable positions; apparatus of transmitting the exception report to the central dispatcher; and apparatus for receiving an exception report on a real-time basis and alerting a central dispatcher of the out-of-route status.
In accordance with another embodiment, a method of monitoring and reporting out-of-route mileage trucks is comprised of the steps of determining, at a first location, a specific route for a predetermined origin and destination; transmitting signals corresponding to the origin and the destination from the first location to a vehicle at a second location;
generating route rectangles on board the vehicle, S wherein the rectangles define a plurality of acceptable positions; providing a position signal corresponding to the current position of the vehicle; comparing the position signal with the plurality of acceptable positions; generating an exception report if the position signal is not included in the plurality of acceptable positions; and transmitting the exception report from the vehicle at the second location to the first location.
In accordance with another embodiment, a method of monitoring out-of-route mileage trucks is comprised of the steps of determining at a first location a specific route for a predetermined origin and destination; dividing the route into a series of one or more route segments each having a predetermined route length; transmitting from the first location signals corresponding to the geographic coordinates representing the endpoints of each of the route segments together with the predetermined length for each route segment; generating on board the vehicle an area of acceptable positions disposed around the endpoints; providing an accumulated mileage signal corresponding to the accumulated mileage the vehicle has traversed; providing a current position signal corresponding to the position of the vehicle; comparing the current position signal with the set of acceptable positions after the accumulated mileage signal has reached the predetermined route length for the route segment; and, transmitting an exception report from the vehicle to the first location if the current position signal is not in the set of acceptable positions.
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}~RIEF 1:~E$C~J;PTION 0~ TIIE ~ ~GS
2 The inv~ntion m~ ~e more fIllly understood by rea~ing the following description o a preferred embodiment of the 4 inverltion in coniun~tion ~i~h the appended drawings wherein;
Figure 1 is a represen~ati-on of ~he ~ystem of ~he 6 present invention ~ncluding the mobile unit which gerle~ates position excep~on reports, the sat~ e and tlle dispatch 8 sta~ on which accepts and processes position excePtion reports .
Figure 2 i~ a ~un~tional block diagram ~epresentation o 10 the appa~atus of ~he p~ese~t invention which is loeated on board the truck.
1~ Figures 3A ~ 3B are 10w ~harts of the method o~ the present invention for det~rnining and r~porting out-of-route 1~ mileage.
Fiy~re 4A is a geographi~ representation o~ a 16 represent~ti~e truck ~oute cont~ining predetermined acceptable route ~ectangles o~ ~igure 3A.
18 ~igure 4~ is a geograph;c rep~esentation of a representati~e truc~ route containin~ zones separ~ted by ~outes 20 of pre~etermined length o~ Figure ~B.
DE~ ED ~SC~IPT~ON
2 Now ref~rring to Fig~re 1, there is shown a system fo~
monitoring and repo~ting out-o~-ro~e mileage, of the present 4 invention, generally d~signated 10~. System 100 includes a communications satellite 112, a ~ractor-trailer combination 122 6 a~d a dispatch center 132.
Tractor-trailer 122 includes a mobile t~ansceiver unit 8 124 disposed on board for generating and ~ansmit~ing posi~ion ex~ep~ion report s~gnals through antenna 1~ to the ~ispa~hes 10 134 ~t dispatch ~e~mina~ 13~ ~y way o antenna/t~ansceiver 138 at aispatch ~en~e~ 1~2. This d~s~rip~ion ~s ~erely exempl~ry 12 of ~an~ possi~le t~a~tor~sa~ellite~dispatch center com~inations. I~ is also contemplated that a single e~rth 14 s~ation ~oul~ receive ~i~nals ro~ the satelli~e and rely the messages via telephone lines to ~arious geog~aphicall~
16 disper-~ed ~ispa~hers, Al~o, other transmitter and re~eive~
combinations may be utilized which do no~ use ~tellite 18 communications. Fo~ e~ample, traditional radio communications o~ radio/telephone comm~nications coul~ ~e substitu~ed for the 20 satell~te com~uni~ations s~stem.
Now refe~ring to ~ re 2, t~ere is shown a blo~k 2~ di~gram ~f th~ appar~tus of the presen~ inven~ion, generally designated 200, in~ludi~g a trans~ei~er compu~er assem~ly 204 24 and a program memory asse~ 206.
~The apparatus ~0~ is sho~n as an e~am~le, ~ut other 2~6~
designs which are capab~e of performing t~le sarne func~ions of 2 radio communic~tion and comparison of c~rrent posi~ion with predetermined acceptable positions ~ay be su~s~ituted.
4 Transce~er comp~ter assembl~ 204 incl~des p~ocessor 21~, whi~h is preferably an 80C186 p~ocesso~, which is capabl~
6 of ~erfo~ing ~n~ny functions includ~ng route rec~angle genera~i~n and ~he co~parison of curren~ posi~io~ with 8 predetermined acceptable positions. Processor 210 is couple~
with data bus 212. Also coupled with ~ata bus 212 is discrete 10 ~ransceiver controls 214 which prov~de~ the no~a~ control funGtions for ~ transcei~er asse~nbly~ power suppl~ ~nte~Eace 12 21~ whieh provides the p~we~ source necessa~y for a typical tLansceiver assembly, a Di~it~l S~gnal Processo~ (~SP) 1~ interface ~18 for ext~acting ~he digi~al in~ormation stream from an e~tremely lo~ signa~ to noise ratio r~dio freq~ency 1~ transmis5io~ and i~ prefera~ly a A~SP2~05, and exciter int~r~ace 22~ for controlling the transm~tter ou~put signal to 1~ noise ratio, a synthesizer interface 222 or controlling the transmitter ~nd receiver f~e~uency at low phase noise 20 correc~ing ~or ~oppler shi f t o~er ~ wi~e te~pera~ure range, with high frequency sta~ility wh;ch i~ pref~rabl~ ~n ASIC
2~ circuit and a seri~ O con~roller 224 which is prefera~lY a 28SC~0 and ~s used to control ~he inpu~ and o~p~t o~ data rom 24 a variety of sources in~l~ding a CDU 226, an external data ~erminal 228, ~n auxili~ data ~ource 230 and ~ positio~
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source ~32~ C~U 226 may be a de~ice p~ovidîng ~or alphanu~eric 2 keyboard, special f~nction keys or con~rvl, disp~ay a~ea ~or text ~essa~es, status lights, and au~ible annunciator to ale~t 4 veh~cle dr~ver, exter~al data terminal 2~8 may be a keyboard or other de~ice fo~ allowing ~he d~i~er to manually in put data, 6 ~be auxiliary data source ma~ be an additional data sou~ce of any ~ype ~ut, prefera41y is a Rockwell ~ntern~tional "Tripm~ster"~ data rec~der, or similar data re~order and the position source 23~ m~y be a GP~ receiver or a Loran C receiver 10 or a~y o~her de~ice which is caPable of providing a ~eport on ~he vehi~le position.
12 Also coupled to data bus 21~ are ~e dis~rete ~nstallation in~e~a~e ~4 and the applica~ions pro~essor 14 interface 236~ Also coupled ~o data bus 212 and applications processor ~36 are ~emories in~luding nonvolatile memory 238 and 16 sc~atch pad ~AM 240.
Trans~ei~er computer a~sembly 204 is ~oupled to proq~am 18 memo~y assembly 206 ~hrough dat~ ~us ~12 wh~h p~ovides access to cont~ol pro~r~ ~P~OM 242 and app~ications prog~am EPROM 2~4.
~o~ refer~ing to Fig~e 3A, there is shown a 10w chart of a prefe~ed method of ~he present in~ention includi~g~
~2 Step 1. A ~ru~k is ~ssigne~ ~o ~rry a load from an origin ~ a destina~io~.
24 Step 2. A ~o~e bet~een origin ~n~ des~ina~ion is selected.
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Step 3. T~e route is broken into segmen~s, sv that, the 2 posi~ion o~ the selecte~ route ~alls wi~hin a route ~ectangle h~ving a predeter~ined width dimension and variable length 4 dimension.
Step 4. The geographic coord~na~es representing ~he 6 endpoints of the route segment are transmit~ed to the ~ruck.
S~ep 5. The on-board processor generates the bo~ndaries 8 of ~he rou~e rectangle so that the opposi~e ends o~ the rec~a~gle are a prede~-ermined ~is~a~ce fro~ the route seqme~
10 end points ~nd ~hereb~ creates a set ~f geographic positions which ~re loca~ed ~i~hin the rectangle a~d thereb~ are 12 acceptable positions for th~ truck.
Step 6~ Steps 4 ~ ~ are repeated for each segmen~
14 pro~ided by ~tep 3.
s~ep 7. A~ on-~oard positionin~ system provides a }6 curre~t positlon si~l, then the on-board processor compares ~he curren~ position signal ~o the set of ~ecept~le posit~ons 18 fallin~ within the route ~ectangles.
Step 8. I~ ~he cur~ent position iæ not in the set of 20 aecepta~le positions, then a position exception repo~t i~
~enerated hy the on-~oard pro~es~o~.
2~ Step ~ The t~an~ceiver t~an~mits the position ~ception report to the di~patcher.
24 Now ~eferring to Figure 3B ~here is shown a flow chart of the me~h~d o~ ~he p~esent invention including:
Step 1. A truck is assigned to car~y a load from an 2 origin to a destina~ion.
Step 2. ~ route be~ween origin and des~ination is 4 selected.
Step 3. The ro~te is bro~en int~ sègments, So tha~, the len~th of each segment has a known route length.
Step 4. ~he geographic coordin.ates representing the end 8 points of the route segménts are trans~i~ted to the ~ru~k ~long with the known ~oute len~th ~or e~ch ~eg~ént.
Step 5. The ~anscei~er receiver assembly generates and an area o~ acceptable positions disposed around the se~ment end 12 po~nt~
Step 6. Steps 4 and 5 ~re repeated for ea~h segment 14 provided by 5tep 3..
Step 7 . ~n on-board mi ~eage counter which provides an 16 accumulated mileage signal to the on~board processo~. When the accumulated mile~ge signal ~q~als e~uals the route ~ength 18 received from the dispatcher, the on-~oard processor compares the c~rent position signal from the on-board positionin~
20 system to the se~ of ac~eptable pos;t~ons for the end point.
Step 8. I~ the cur~en~ positio~ si~nal is not in the se~
22 of acceptab~e positions, then a position exception ~eport is generated by the on-board~proc~ssor.
24 5tep ~. The trans~ei~er trans~its the position exception ~eport to the dispatcher.
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Now referrin~ to Figure 4A, ~here is shown a geog~aphi~
2 map, of a p~r~ion o th~ sta~e o ~owa, generally design~te~
400A, wh~ch includes a references point 40Z, corresponding to 4 the ~ity o~ Cedar R~pids, ~owa and a referençe point 404 corresponding to ~hs ci~y o~ Council Bluffs, Iowa. Extending 6 between points 402 ~d 404 is solid line 403 which represents a selected ~oute ~ro~ the o~igin at Cedar ~apids ~o the 8 destin~tion a~ Coun~i 1 Bluf s ~
Also shown is a first route rectangle ~06 which extends 10 generally southward from a point north of CedA~ Rapids.
Enclosed in rectangle 40~ is ~ine segment 408 which repre~ents ~ a route segment ~orresponding to a seçtion of Interstate 380.
~lso shown is ro~te rectangle 410 having ~herein line 41~
~4 repreSe~ing a route se~men~ co~respondin~ to a se~tion o Interstate 80. Also shown is a route ~ec~angle 414 h~vi~g l~ne 16 416 the~ein whieh rep~esents a~o~her section of Inte~tate 80 Also sho~ are route rectangles 418, 420, and 422 conta~ning 1~ the~e~n lines 424, 426 and 428 respecti~ely which each ~epresent a section o~ Intcrs~at~ 80.
Z0 It can be seen ~hat the lines 40~, 41Z, 42~, 4~5, and 4~8 are ~enerally linear and are al~ays located completely 22 within their ~espective route ~tang~es. In fact, the orient~tion and dimension of ~he route rec~angle~ are selected 24 so t~at the route ~egment contained ~herein is at a ~-~vm 20~4~
leng~h and thsreby creating the need for ~ mini~um numbe~ of ~oute rectangles on any pa~ c~lar route.
In ope~a~ion, as a t~uck proceeds from Ced~ ~apid~, the 4 oriyin, to Council B~uffs, ~he des~ination, t~e on-b~rd po~itioning s~stem and on-board processor arç f ~eq~ently 6 determ~ning the cur~en~ position o~ the tru~k and compa~ing it to the set of a~ceptable positions falling within the route 8 rect~ngles. If the d~iver either intentio~ally or unintentionall~ deviates f~om ~he assig~ed route, ~o the extent 10 tha~ the t~ck is no longe~ located in the route rectangle, the on-boa~d proces~r will generate ~n e~ception ~eport and it 12 will be t~nsmitted to the dispatcher, where appropriate actions can ~e take~ the ~ruck operates enti~ely on the 14 assigned route and ne~er leaves ~he ~oute rectangles, ~hen no e~ception reports will be gene~ated.
16 Now referr;ng to Pigure 4B, the~e is s~own a geographic ma~ of, a po~tion of the ~tate of ~owa, generally designa~ed 18 40UB, which include~ a reference poin~ 402B ~orresponding to Ceda~ Rapids, Iowa ana a refe~ence po~nt 404B corresponding to Z~ ~ouncil Blufs, Iowa, the destina~ion. Ext~nding between points 402~ ~nd 404B is 1 ne 403B whi~h corresponds to the 2z selec~ed rou~e be~ween or~slin ~edar ~apids an~ destinat~ on ~ouncil BluffS. Lin~ 403B is b~oken into a se~ies of line 24 segments 460, 462, 464, 466 and 468. I~he line seglnents ~oin at junc'cion points 4~1, 463, 465 and 467. Disposed aro~lnd each of ~ D~45 the iunction poin~s ig shown a circular zone whiCh corresponds to ~ prede~-erm~ned zone about the junCtion point in which a set Of ~cceptable positions a~e located.
q In operation, once the route ~aS ~een deter~ined to extend f~om Cedar Xapids to ~oun~i~ Bluffs the parti~ular route path is selected and is b~oken in~o several segments whe~e each seg~en~ has a k~own rou~e length. When ~he vehi~le is 8 progressing along the route, the on-board ~ileage ~ounter or ~T~ipmaster"~ accumulate5 the mileage ~ravel~e~ from the last 10 ju~ction point ~nd provi~es a signal to the proee~sor. When this ~c~um~lated mileage sisnal equals ~he known ~oute length, 12 which ha-~ been trans~itted from the dispat~h cen~er to the on-board p~ocessor, the proCessor then comp3~es the cu~rent 14 position ;nfo~mation from the on-~oard positionin~ system with the set of aeeeptable positions lo~ated in ~he circle about the 1~ ne~t junction point. If the ~e~i~le has t~e~led on the ~ssi~ned route, ~hen the vehicle will be loc~ed withln the 18 ci~cle ~f acceptable pos~tions ~nd no e~cept~on repo~t will be generated. Howeve~ the vehicle has si~nifican~ly depar~ed 20 from the assigned route and is not lo~ated in the circle of accepta~le positio~s after drivin~ the p~eassigned route 22 length, then an excepti~n report will ~e generated and trA~mi~.ted ~ack ~o the dispatcher where appropriate action can Z4 take p~ce. If no e~pti~n report is generated as the vehi~le - 2~4~
passes a junction point, then the mileage counter is reset to 2 zero and ~he proces~ eontinues again until ~he mileage co~nter has accumulated ~ileage equival~nt to the known ~oute m~leage 4 fo~ the new segment. At that time the present ~ehicle position will ~e again compa~ed to the positions lo~ated at the 6 new ~ircle surrounding the new junction point.
The a~o~e description focuses on determination o~
ou~-of-route-mileage by dividing ~he pre~s~igned route in~
man~ge~ble ~oute segmen~s of known length, however it ma~ also 10 be desirable to transmit ~o the vehicle inter~ediate points such as state line crossings, to~l road entrances, toll road 12 e~its, cargo pickup points, ~argo a~Op off point~, etc. These points co~ld ~e use~ as endpoint~ of line segments or as 14 in~e~mediate points. As intermediate points they would not necessarily be at a known ~ist~nce from a p~e~ious point ~ut 16 ~ou~d serve to provide valuable information ~y comparing the cu~ent posi~ion sign31 ~ith a set of pre~e~ermined accep~able 18 position signals di~posed about each of these interme~ate ~oints. If a current position signal m~tches with an 20 acceptable position in the ci~c~e of accept~le positions for ~he fir~t expected intermediate poin~, the~ therea~te~, ~he 22 current position signal will be compared with the set of acceptab~e positions co~esponding to the next in~erme~iate 24 point an~ so on throughout the series o~ intermedia~e points.
'The system for moni~oring and repo~ting out of-route i2 mileage for ~ong ~aul tru~ks, of the present invention, in many !of i~s attendant advantages will be understood f rom the 14 fore~oing description and it will be appa~en~ that ~rious changes ~ay be made in the form, ~onstru~tion, and ~he 6 arrangement of the pa~ts, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, or sa~rifi~ing all of their ~aterial 8 ad~antages, the fo~ herein being me~ely a p~eferred or e~emp~ary e~bodi~ent thereof.
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Claims (3)
1. A system for monitoring and reporting out-of-route trucks comprising:
means for transmitting signals corresponding to geographic coordinates of a predetermined location from a central dispatch station to a truck at some distant point;
means for receiving the signals corresponding to the geographic coordinates from the central dispatch;
means for generating route rectangles indicative of areas surrounding road segments to be traveled on board a truck and without driver action having the geographic coordinates at either a first end or a second end of a route rectangle;
means for providing a position signal corresponding to the current position of the truck;
means for comparing the position signal on board a truck and without driver action with a set of predetermined acceptable positions;
means for generating an exception report without driver intervention if the position signal is not included in the set of acceptable positions;
means of transmitting the exception report to the central dispatcher; and, means for receiving an exception report on a real-time basis and alerting a central dispatcher of the out-of-route status.
means for transmitting signals corresponding to geographic coordinates of a predetermined location from a central dispatch station to a truck at some distant point;
means for receiving the signals corresponding to the geographic coordinates from the central dispatch;
means for generating route rectangles indicative of areas surrounding road segments to be traveled on board a truck and without driver action having the geographic coordinates at either a first end or a second end of a route rectangle;
means for providing a position signal corresponding to the current position of the truck;
means for comparing the position signal on board a truck and without driver action with a set of predetermined acceptable positions;
means for generating an exception report without driver intervention if the position signal is not included in the set of acceptable positions;
means of transmitting the exception report to the central dispatcher; and, means for receiving an exception report on a real-time basis and alerting a central dispatcher of the out-of-route status.
2. A method of monitoring and reporting out-of-route mileage trucks comprising the steps of:
determining, at a first location, a specific route for a predetermined origin and destination;
transmitting signals corresponding to the origin and the destination from the first location to a vehicle at a second location;
generating route rectangles on board the vehicle, wherein the rectangles define a plurality of acceptable positions;
providing a position signal corresponding to the current position of the vehicle;
comparing the position signal with the plurality of acceptable positions;
generating an exception report if the position signal is not included in the plurality of acceptable positions; and, transmitting the exception report from the vehicle at the second location to the first location.
determining, at a first location, a specific route for a predetermined origin and destination;
transmitting signals corresponding to the origin and the destination from the first location to a vehicle at a second location;
generating route rectangles on board the vehicle, wherein the rectangles define a plurality of acceptable positions;
providing a position signal corresponding to the current position of the vehicle;
comparing the position signal with the plurality of acceptable positions;
generating an exception report if the position signal is not included in the plurality of acceptable positions; and, transmitting the exception report from the vehicle at the second location to the first location.
3. A method of monitoring and reporting out-of-route mileage trucks comprising the steps of:
determining at a first location a specific route for a predetermined origin and destination;
dividing the route into a series of one or more route segments each having a predetermined route length;
transmitting from said first location signals corresponding to the geographic coordinates representing the endpoints of each of the route segments together with the predetermined length for each route segment;
generating on board the vehicle an area of acceptable positions disposed around the endpoints;
providing an accumulated mileage signal corresponding to the accumulated mileage the vehicle has traversed;
providing a current position signal corresponding to the position of the vehicle;
comparing the current position signal with the set of acceptable positions after the accumulated mileage signal has reached the predetermined route length for the route segment; and, transmitting an exception report from the vehicle to the first location if the current position signal is not in the set of acceptable positions.
determining at a first location a specific route for a predetermined origin and destination;
dividing the route into a series of one or more route segments each having a predetermined route length;
transmitting from said first location signals corresponding to the geographic coordinates representing the endpoints of each of the route segments together with the predetermined length for each route segment;
generating on board the vehicle an area of acceptable positions disposed around the endpoints;
providing an accumulated mileage signal corresponding to the accumulated mileage the vehicle has traversed;
providing a current position signal corresponding to the position of the vehicle;
comparing the current position signal with the set of acceptable positions after the accumulated mileage signal has reached the predetermined route length for the route segment; and, transmitting an exception report from the vehicle to the first location if the current position signal is not in the set of acceptable positions.
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