Wireless locating and monitoring system
AssigneeCypress Semiconductor Corporation
InventorRyan W. Woodings
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Abstract
A wireless tracking device located in a vehicle, the device including a positioning system to periodically determine a location of the device, a processor connected to the positioning system to receive a vehicle sensor input indicating the vehicle status, a scanner to scan for an available wireless area network access point, and a wireless radio connected to the processor to transmit data to the available wireless area network access point.
Claims20
A method of monitoring a vehicle, the method comprising:
- from the vehicle, periodically determining a vehicle location;
- scanning to locate an available wireless data network access point;
- and
- transmitting a status of the vehicle through the located access point to an endpoint receiver.
A wireless tracking device locatable in a vehicle, the wireless tracking device comprising:
- a positioning system configured to periodically determine a location of the device;
- a processor connected to the positioning system and configured to receive vehicle sensor input indicating a vehicle status;
- a scanner configured to scan for an available wireless area network access point;
- and
- a wireless radio connected to the processor and configured to transmit data including at least one of location data and vehicle sensor data to the available wireless area network access point.
A vehicle monitoring system comprising:
- a positioning system configured to periodically determine a location of a vehicle;
- a sensor configured to receive sensor data including vehicle status data;
- a microcontroller configured to receive the sensor data from the sensor, to determine a vehicle condition and to receive vehicle location data from the positioning system, wherein the microcontroller is further configured to shut down vehicle operation when the determined vehicle condition corresponds to the vehicle being operated by an unauthorized operator;
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- a wireless transmitter communicatively coupled to the microcontroller and configured to scan for and connect to an available wireless data network remote access point, and when connected, to transmit the vehicle condition and the vehicle location data to the remote data network access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.