US 2014/0372498 A1 · Vehicle Group Monitoring

Abstract

A solution for managing vehicles both individually and as a group of associated vehicles is provided. A vehicle node can be located on each vehicle in the group and obtain and process data from a plurality of sensors also located on the vehicle. The vehicle node can be configured to communicate, either directly or indirectly, with a group system assigned to the group using a wireless communications solution. The group system can acquire monitoring data for all of the group of associated vehicles, which can be used to manage the group of associated vehicles and/or one or more individual vehicles in the group. The group system can be located on a vehicle traveling as part of the group of associated vehicles or at a fixed location.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining, on a vehicle node located on a first vehicle, a group system assigned to manage data corresponding to a group of associated vehicles including a plurality of vehicles, wherein the group system is located apart from the first vehicle;
receiving, at the vehicle node, first vehicle operating data from a plurality of sensors located on the first vehicle while the first vehicle is in the group of associated vehicles;
processing, on the vehicle node, the operating data to generate monitoring data corresponding to the first vehicle;
and
transmitting, from the vehicle node, the monitoring data for processing on the group system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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