Mileage and fuel purchase monitoring device for vehicles
OwnerPatrick Byrne, Edward Barnes +1inventors
InventorsPatrick Byrne, Edward Barnes, Edward Nolan
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Abstract
A mileage and fuel purchase monitoring device for vehicles including a data collecting system that is connected with an odometer of a truck or other motor vehicle. The data collecting system is preferably secured to a dashboard of the truck for easy access by the driver. The data collecting system is provided with a keyboard and a display for entering relevant information related to a planned trip to be made.
Claims6
A mileage and fuel purchase monitoring device and method for vehicles for allowing a vehicle's mileage and fuel purchases to be electronically monitored and stored, the method comprising, in combination:
- providing a data collecting system for coupling with the vehicle;
- connecting the data collecting system with an odometer of the vehicle;
- programming current mileage of the odometer into the data collecting system;
- inputting a geographic starting point and state for a trip into the data collecting system;
- inputting selected states that the vehicle will travel through during the trip into the data collecting system;
- beginning the trip;
- and
- inputting that the vehicle has entered a different of said selected states when said vehicle has entered said selected states.
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