US 12,332,648 B2
Methods and systems for managing a vehicle fleet
Luc Thevenon, Saint-Etienne (FR); Romain Hourne, Brignais (FR); and Christophe Silveira, Saint Genis Laval (FR)
Assigned to HAULOTTE GROUP, Lorette (FR)
Appl. No. 18/029,993
Filed by HAULOTTE GROUP, Lorette (FR)
PCT Filed Oct. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/077765
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/074147, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2010287 (FR), filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0367316 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B66F 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0212 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G07C 5/0825 (2013.01); B66F 17/006 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
20. A method for managing a fleet of vehicles, the method including steps consisting of:
defining, on a computer server of a fleet management system, a restriction of at least one function of a vehicle;
transmitting said restriction to said vehicle via a communication link established between said computer server and a control system of the vehicle;
by means of the control system of the vehicle, updating a list of restriction policies according to the restriction received;
by means of the control system of the vehicle, analyzing control orders issued by a control console of the vehicle by comparing said orders with restriction policies stored in said list, and inhibiting one of said control orders so as to prohibit the use of a function corresponding to a restriction registered in the list of restriction policies,
wherein when a restriction has to be modified or added, the restriction is applied only after a restart of the vehicle or after a reset of the function concerned.