US 12,248,410 B2
Intelligent bluetooth beacon I/O expansion system
Neil Charles Cawse, Oakville (CA); Darren Marc Lohmann Beams, Oakville (CA); Stephen Michael Fox, Oakville (CA); and Cong Zhu, Oakville (CA)
Assigned to Geotab Inc., Oakville (CA)
Filed by Geotab Inc., Oakville (CA)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/166,828.
Application 17/166,828 is a division of application No. 14/756,054, filed on Jul. 27, 2015, granted, now 10,942,871.
Application 14/121,847 is a division of application No. 13/506,478, filed on Apr. 23, 2012, granted, now 8,918,547.
Application 14/756,054 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/121,847, filed on Oct. 24, 2014, granted, now 9,128,867.
Prior Publication US 2021/0182218 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 13/102 (2013.01) [G08C 17/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 5 Claims
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1. A telemetry data preprocessing system comprising:
a vehicular telemetry hardware system configured to be disposed in a vehicle, the vehicular telemetry hardware system comprising:
at least one processor;
a GPS module;
a diagnostic port interface configured to connect to and communicate with a network communication bus of the vehicle; and
an accelerometer;
an I/O expander hardware system communicably coupled to the vehicular telemetry hardware system, the I/O expander hardware system configured to:
communicate with the vehicular telemetry hardware system via a first interface; and
communicate with a wireless beacon communication device of a telemetry wireless beacon system via a second interface different than the first interface, wherein the second interface is configurable to communicate with devices configured for serial and non-serial communication;
the telemetry wireless beacon system in communication with the vehicular telemetry hardware system, the telemetry wireless beacon system comprising:
the wireless beacon communication device configured to communicate with the I/O expander hardware system via the second interface; and
at least one beacon device attached to at least one object that is associated with the vehicle, the at least one object comprising at least one package and/or at least one equipment in transport by the vehicle, and each beacon device of the at least one beacon device comprising a processor, memory, wireless radio module, and at least one sensor configured to sense data indicative of a condition of an object to which the beacon device is attached, wherein:
the at least one beacon device is configured to wirelessly communicate beacon data relating to the at least one beacon device to the wireless beacon communication device, the beacon data comprising, for each beacon device of the at least one beacon device, a unique identifier identifying the beacon device and data from the at least one sensor of the beacon device, and
the beacon data is communicated to the vehicular telemetry hardware system via the I/O expander hardware system;
wherein the at least one processor of the vehicular telemetry hardware system is configured to:
generate a log of telemetry data including (1) the beacon data relating to the at least one beacon device and (2) vehicle data including engine data received via the diagnostic port interface, location data received from the GPS module, and accelerometer data received from the accelerometer, and
communicate the log of telemetry data to a remote device; and
the remote device comprising at least one hardware processor configured to:
identify, using the beacon data, one or more conditions associated with the at least one object, the one or more conditions including one or more of a damaged object condition, a hazardous object condition or a missing object condition; and
in response to identifying the one or more conditions associated with the at least one object, trigger communication of a message indicating a corrective action to be taken with respect to the one or more conditions associated with the at least one object.