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US 7,612,668 B2Granted
System for providing a virtual vehicle boundary
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorJohn Harvey
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Abstract
System for providing a virtual vehicle boundary. The system includes a method for activating a virtual fence for use with a delivery vehicle. The method comprises steps of detecting a protection event, determining that the protection event is an activation event, and activating a selected virtual fence based the activation event.
Claims31
A protection system operable to provide a virtual fence around a vehicle comprising:
- input logic operable to receive a protection signal, indicative of other than vehicle location, from the vehicle;
- and
- fence logic, coupled to said input logic, being operable to automatically activate a first virtual fence selected from a plurality of virtual fences in response to said protection signal being indicative of one of a plurality of activation events involving vehicle motion and not having vehicle engine dependence, said fence logic operable to concurrently automatically activating a second virtual fence from the plurality of virtual fences, to be used simultaneously in conjunction with said first virtual fence.
A method of providing a virtual fence for a vehicle comprising:
- detecting a protection event, indicative of other than vehicle location, from the vehicle;
- determining that the protection event is one of a plurality of activation events involving vehicle motion and not having vehicle engine dependence;
- automatically activating a first selected virtual fence from a plurality of virtual fences based on the activation event;
- automatically activating a second selected virtual fence from said plurality of virtual fences based on the activation event, said first and second virtual fences operating simultaneously;
- and
- generating an alarm if the vehicle breaches the first and second selected virtual fence.
3 more elements
A computer product, comprising:
- computer-readable medium comprising instructions for providing a virtual fence for use with a delivery vehicle, the computer readable-medium including:
- at least one instruction for causing a computer to detect a protection event, indicative of other than vehicle location, from the vehicle;
- at least one instruction for causing a computer to determine that the protection event is an activation event involving vehicle motion and not having vehicle engine dependence;
- at least one instruction for causing a computer to automatically activate a first selected virtual fence from a plurality of virtual fences;
- and
- at least one instruction for causing a computer to activate a second virtual fence from a plurality of virtual fences, said first and second virtual fences operating simultaneously.
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A protection system operable to provide a virtual fence around a vehicle comprising:
- means for receiving a protection signal, indicative of other than vehicle location, from the vehicle;
- and
- means for automatically activating a first virtual fence selected from a plurality of virtual fences in response to said protection signal being indicative of one of a plurality of activation events involving vehicle motion and not having vehicle engine dependence, said means for automatically activating operable to concurrently automatically activate a second virtual fence from the plurality of virtual fences, to be used simultaneously in conjunction with said first virtual fence.
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