# US 2021/0279976 A1 · Vin based accelerometer threshold > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0279976 A1 - Document ID: US20210279976A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/207,804 - Filed: 2021-03-22 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2012-06-04 - Assignees: Geotab Inc. - Applicants: Geotab Inc. - Inventors: Neil Charles Cawse - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210279976A1 ## CPC - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - G07C 5/0808: {Diagnosing performance data (testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005)} - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE ## Abstract A method and apparatus in a vehicular telemetry system for determining accelerometer thresholds based upon decoding a vehicle identification number (VIN). ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -65. (canceled) ### Claim 66 A method comprising: decoding a VIN of a vehicle; and setting an accelerometer threshold for the vehicle based, at least in part, on a result of the decoding of the VIN. ### Claim 67 (depends on 66) The method of claim 66, further comprising: comparing accelerometer data from the vehicle to the accelerometer threshold; and detecting an event when the accelerometer data is indicative of an acceleration in excess of the accelerometer threshold. ### Claim 68 (depends on 66) The method of claim 66, wherein setting the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle comprises setting a plurality of accelerometer thresholds, wherein each of the plurality of accelerometer thresholds is associated with at least one axis of a multi-axis accelerometer. ### Claim 69 (depends on 66) The method of claim 66, wherein: decoding the VIN comprises analyzing the VIN to determine one or more characteristics of the vehicle; and setting the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle comprises setting the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics of the vehicle. ### Claim 70 (depends on 69) The method of claim 69, wherein: analyzing the VIN to determine the one or more characteristics of the vehicle comprises determining a weight and/or a mass of the vehicle based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics; and setting the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics of the vehicle comprises setting the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle based, at least in part, on the weight and/or the mass of the vehicle. ### Claim 71 (depends on 70) The method of claim 70, wherein: analyzing the VIN to determine the one or more characteristics of the vehicle comprises determining a manufacturer of the vehicle, a vehicle platform, a vehicle model, a vehicle series, a vehicle body style, a vehicle engine type, and/or a vehicle transmission type; and determining the weight and/or the mass of the vehicle based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics comprises determining the weight and/or the mass of the vehicle based, at least in part, on the manufacturer of the vehicle, the vehicle platform, the vehicle model, the vehicle series, the vehicle body style, the vehicle engine type, and/or the vehicle transmission type. ### Claim 72 (depends on 70) The method of claim 70, wherein determining the weight and/or the mass of the vehicle comprises: analyzing the VIN to determine one or more vehicle components of the vehicle; determining the weight and/or the mass of the vehicle based, at least in part, on weights and/or masses of the one or more vehicle components. ### Claim 73 (depends on 66) The method of claim 66, wherein: decoding the VIN comprises determining a vehicle type; and setting the accelerometer threshold comprises setting the accelerometer threshold based, at least in part, on the vehicle type. ### Claim 74 (depends on 73) The method of claim 73, wherein: determining the vehicle type comprises determining a manufacturer of the vehicle, a vehicle platform, a vehicle model, a vehicle series, a vehicle body style, a vehicle engine type, and/or a vehicle transmission type; and setting the accelerometer threshold comprises setting the accelerometer threshold based, at least in part, on the manufacturer of the vehicle, the vehicle platform, the vehicle model, the vehicle series, the vehicle body style, the vehicle engine type, and/or the vehicle transmission type. ### Claim 75 An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one storage medium having encoded thereon executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out a method comprising: decoding a VIN of a vehicle; and setting an accelerometer threshold for the vehicle based, at least in part, on a result of the decoding of the VIN. ### Claim 76 (depends on 75) The apparatus of claim 75, wherein the method further comprises: comparing accelerometer data from the vehicle to the accelerometer threshold; and detecting an event when the accelerometer data is indicative of an acceleration in excess of the accelerometer threshold. ### Claim 77 (depends on 75) The apparatus of claim 75, wherein setting the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle comprises setting a plurality of accelerometer thresholds, wherein each of the plurality of accelerometer thresholds is associated with at least one axis of a multi-axis accelerometer. ### Claim 78 (depends on 75) The apparatus of claim 75, wherein: decoding the VIN comprises analyzing the VIN to determine one or more characteristics of the vehicle; and setting the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle comprises setting the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics of the vehicle. ### Claim 79 (depends on 78) The apparatus of claim 78, wherein: analyzing the VIN to determine the one or more characteristics of the vehicle comprises determining a weight and/or a mass of the vehicle based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics; and setting the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle based, at least in part, on the one or more characteristics of the vehicle comprises setting the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle based, at least in part, on the weight and/or the mass of the vehicle. ### Claim 80 (depends on 75) The apparatus of claim 75, in a system with a telematic device comprising an interface configured to connect to a communications bus of the vehicle, the telematic device configured to query the communications bus for the VIN of the vehicle. ### Claim 81 (depends on 75) The apparatus of claim 75, in a system with at least one server disposed remote from the apparatus, wherein the method further comprises communicating the VIN to the at least one server. ### Claim 82 A system comprising: a remote site comprising a server; and a telematic device comprising an interface configured to connect to a communications bus of a vehicle, the telematic device configured to query the communications bus for a VIN of the vehicle and transmit the VIN to the server, wherein the server is configured to: set an accelerometer threshold for the vehicle based, at least in part, on the VIN; and transmit the accelerometer threshold to the telematic device. ### Claim 83 (depends on 82) The system of claim 82, wherein the remote site further comprises a data store comprising a plurality of VIN-based accelerometer thresholds. ### Claim 84 (depends on 83) The system of claim 83, wherein the server is configured to: read the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle from the data store when the plurality of VIN-based accelerometer thresholds includes the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle. ### Claim 85 (depends on 83) The system of claim 83, wherein the server is configured to: to set the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle based, at least in part, on a result of decoding of the VIN; and write the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle to the data store when the plurality of VIN-based accelerometer thresholds does not include the accelerometer threshold for the vehicle.