Vehicle tracker for monitoring operation of a vehicle and method thereof
OwnerMahesh GUPTAinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle tracker (102) and a method for monitoring vehicle's activity are described. The vehicle tracker (102) has a connection port (216) which provides plug and play functionality. The vehicle tracker (102) further has a plurality of sensors (504) for sensing various parameters associated with the vehicle. The sensing results in generation of current parameter values (518) which are processed in relative to plurality of parameter threshold values (520). The parameter threshold values (520) define minimum and maximum range of the parameters. Based on the processing, the vehicle tracker (102) determines anomalies in the operation of the vehicle. Once the anomaly is detected, the vehicle tracker (102) generates an alert and sends it to the concerned person or user.
Claims15
A vehicle tracker 102 for monitoring vehicle's operation, wherein the vehicle tracker 102 comprises:
- a connection port 216 configured to selectively connect the vehicle tracker 102 with a power source of the vehicle, the connection port configured to receive power from the power source;
- a rechargeable battery to power the vehicle tracker 102 when power is unavailable from the power source of the vehicle, the rechargeable battery configured to be charged using power from the power source;
- a plurality of sensors 504, interfaced with a processor 502 of the vehicle tracker 102, for sensing a plurality of parameters associated with the vehicle, wherein the sensing results in generation of a plurality of current parameter values 518 of the plurality of parameters;
- a processing module 506 to process the plurality of current parameter values 518 relative to a plurality of parameter threshold values 520 stored in a parameter database;
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- an anomaly determining module 508 to determine one or more anomalies based on the processing, wherein the one or more anomalies indicate state of the vehicle's operation.
A method of monitoring vehicle's operation by using vehicle tracker 102, wherein the method comprises:
- providing a connection port 216 on the vehicle tracker 102 to selectively connect the vehicle tracker 102 with a power source of the vehicle, the connection port configured to receive power from the power source;
- providing a rechargeable battery to the vehicle tracker 102 to power the vehicle tracker 102 when power is unavailable from the power source of the vehicle, the rechargeable battery is configured to be charged using power from the power source;
- sensing, by a plurality of sensors 504 interfaced with a processor 502 of the vehicle tracker 102, a plurality of parameters associated with the vehicle, wherein the sensing results in generation of a plurality of current parameter values 518 of the plurality of parameters;
- processing, by a processing module 506, the plurality of current parameter values 518 relative to a plurality of parameter threshold values 520 stored in a parameter database;
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- determining, by an anomaly determining module 508, one or more anomalies based on the processing, wherein the one or more anomalies indicate state of the vehicle's operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.