System and method for detecting and reporting irregularities in fuel efficiency data
AssigneeOrpak Industries (1983) Ltd.
InventorUri Ben-Assa
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Abstract
A system for detecting and reporting irregularities in fuel efficiency data vehicles. The system includes a database and a data processing mechanism. The data base includes fueling event data, vehicle identification data and data pertaining to an operational parameter. The data processing mechanism calculates a vehicle specific fuel efficiency statistic, compares the calculated statistic to a previous statistic employing a predetermined rule to determine if the newly calculated statistic is unreliable and prepares a report which indicates unreliable fuel efficiency statistics by vehicle. Further disclosed is a method for generating reports which indicate unreliable fuel efficiency statistics by vehicle.
Claims21
A system for detecting and reporting irregularities in fuel efficiency data of a vehicle, the system comprising;
- (a) a data base of fueling transactions for at least one vehicle, said data base containing fueling event data, vehicle identification data and data pertaining to at least one vehicle operation parameter;
- (b) a data processing mechanismdesigned and configured for:
- (i) calculating a vehicle specific fuel efficiency statistic from said data pertaining to at least one vehicle operation parameter and said fueling event data and said vehicle identification data;
- (ii) comparing said vehicle specific fuel efficiency statistic to at least one previously calculated vehicle specific fuel efficiency statistic for the same vehicle employing a predetermined rule to determine if said vehicle specific fuel efficiency statistic is unreliable;
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- (iii) preparing a report which indicates said unreliable vehicle specific fuel efficiency statistic.
A method for detecting and reporting irregularities in fuel efficiency data of a vehicle, the method comprising;
- (a) maintaining a data base of fueling transactions for at least one vehicle, said data base containing fueling event data, vehicle identification data and data pertaining to at least one vehicle operation parameter;
- (b) supplying data from said data base to a data processing mechanism designed and configured for:
- (i) calculating a vehicle specific fuel efficiency statistic from said data pertaining to at least one vehicle operation parameter, said vehicle identification data and said fueling event data;
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- (ii) comparing said vehicle specific fuel efficiency statistic to at least one previously calculated vehicle specific fuel efficiency statistic for the same vehicle employing a predetermined rule to determine if said vehicle specific fuel efficiency statistic is unreliable.
- (iii) preparing a report which indicates said unreliable vehicle specific fuel efficiency statistic;
- such that reports indicating said unreliable vehicle specific fuel efficiency statistics are prepared automatically.
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