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• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
  • G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
  • G07C5/008—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles communicating information to a remotely located station
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
  • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
  • G07C5/00—Registering or indicating the working of vehicles
  • G07C5/08—Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
  • G07C5/0841—Registering performance data
  • G07C5/085—Registering performance data using electronic data carriers

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• the invention relates to a method for determining driving performance data of a vehicle, in which by means of a central electronic device, data of the driving performance of the vehicle or derived data from a communication device of the vehicle are transmitted via a buildable communication connection, at least in dependence of the received data Driving performance of the vehicle that has sent the data, the mileage-related data are determined.
• At least data of the driving performance of the vehicle and / or data derived therefrom are transmitted by means of a central electronic device via a buildable communication connection, at least as a function of the transmitted data Driving performance and / or derived therefrom data of the vehicle, which has sent the data, the mileage-related data determined.
• at least the data of the driving performance of the vehicle and / or the data derived therefrom are automatically transmitted to the central electronic device after the vehicle has been parked by the communication device.
• This can be the data of the mileage and / or the derived te data from the completion or the first commissioning of the vehicle until the parking of the vehicle to which the data are sent to the central electronic device, or the data from the last start of the vehicle to the parking of the vehicle to which the data to be sent to the central electronic device.
• This ensures a very up-to-date determination of the mileage-related data or the data derived therefrom, and a timely plausibility check of the data can be carried out without establishing the communication connection between the communication device of the vehicle and the central electronic device continuously or at too short intervals.
• the data of the driving performance and / or the data derived therefrom are sent by the communication device only after a defined period of time after the vehicle has been turned off in order to prevent the data from already being sent to the central one in the event of a brief interruption of the journey electronic device are sent and thus the transmission or reception rate is increased.
• the time delay for sending the data should be in the range of less than 1 hour, preferably in the range of less than 15 minutes, preferably in the range of 5 minutes.
• the data of the driving performance and / or the data derived therefrom are automatically transmitted to the central electronic device by the communication device after a predefined period of time and the subsequent parking of the vehicle.
• the time span can be one or more hours or days, one or more weeks, or even months or a specific date. Other time periods and times are conceivable.
• other conditions such as driven speed. speed profiles, changes of direction or driven routes of a route.
• the data of the driving performance and / or the data derived therefrom are transmitted by the communication device to the central electronic device after each stop of the vehicle.
• the data of the driving performance and / or the data derived therefrom are stored in a storage device directly or indirectly connected to the communication device. These stored data of the mileage and / or the data derived therefrom are sent after the next start of the vehicle with a time delay on the established communication link to the central electronic device for determining the mileage-related data of the sending vehicle. As the time delay, it is preferable to select the period of time required until all vehicle systems have stably run up.
• the data if after starting the vehicle, a communication link could not be established because the vehicle is, for example, in an underground car park, at defined intervals, especially at intervals that are in the range of 10 minutes, the data tries to central electronic device until it has received the data.
• the data and / or application-dependent are preferably deleted from the memory device connected to the communication device.
• data may remain stored for a predefined amount of time after sending, which may take several days or months or even longer.
• a preferred embodiment of the invention provides that after the start of the vehicle, the distance traveled until the start time (mileage of the vehicle), the start time and / or the location coordinates of the location of the vehicle are stored.
• the location coordinates of the location are required if the distance traveled by the vehicle for determining the vehicle-related data is determined by means of a satellite-supported position detection system, for example GPS.
• the distance traveled by the vehicle (data of driving performance) between the starting and the parking of the vehicle is used for the respective calculation of the vehicle performance-related data.
• the current end time, the last determined location coordinates of the vehicle and the data of the distance covered by the vehicle are stored in the memory device.
• the communication device for transmitting the data of the driving performance and / or the data derived therefrom, the memory device for storing the data of the driving performance or the data derived therefrom, the device for detecting or determining the kilometers driven and / or or a device for determining at least the start time and the time of the parking of the vehicle are arranged in a structural unit.
• the unit is designed such that, after connecting the unit to the vehicle electrical system and / or a data bus of the vehicle, test data is sent to the central electronic device for verification of the connection and / or the vehicle by the communication device.
• the test data preferably contain identification data of the unit and / or of the vehicle, data of the position of the unit and optionally further identification data.
• test data of the unit received in the central electronic device are compared with data stored in the central electronic device or obtained via another communication link and, depending on the comparison, at least part of the components arranged in the unit are actively switched.
• alarm data are sent to the central electronic device. If no communication link can be established between the communication device of the unit and the central electronic device, the communication device attempts at different time intervals to establish a communication connection until the alarm data could be sent.
• the alarm data includes at least identification data of the unit as well as information data that the unit is not connected to the vehicle.
• the mileage-related data of the vehicle which has transmitted the data of the mileage and / or the data derived therefrom, depending on the mileage of the last received data and the data of the mileage of the vehicle, which is a period earlier have been received, calculated.
• Another embodiment provides that the mileage-related data for the vehicle which has sent the data, depending on the sum of the transmitted data of the mileage and / or the sum of the data derived therefrom, for more than in a period of time, for example in a Month or in x days, have been received.
• a development of the invention provides that the data of the mileage and / or the data derived therefrom can be assigned and / or assigned manually and / or automatically specific properties which are taken into account when determining the mileage-related data.
• the data of the driving performance and / or the data derived therefrom may include additional data, in particular the acceleration of the vehicle and / or the tire pressure of the vehicle wheels and / or the oil pressure in the drive engine and / or the vehicle in addition to the traveled distance of the vehicle Speed of the prime mover during the driven route and / or data of the driven road network, for example, whether it was city or highway rides, have.
• the mileage-related data are preferably variable leasing rates for the vehicle, in particular partial leasing rates, for a specific period, and / or insurance premiums and / or maintenance fees and / or usage-related data for the vehicle.
• a device for determining data of the driving performance of a vehicle and / or the data derived therefrom and for communication with a central electronic device outside the vehicle is designed according to the invention for connection to an electrical system and / or a data bus of a vehicle and has a communication device for data exchange a central electronic device and means for detecting or determining the data of the driving performance of the vehicle or of the data derived therefrom.
• the communication device and / or a processing device in communication with the communication device according to the invention is embodied such that the data of the driving performance of the vehicle and / or the derived therefrom th data are transmitted automatically after a parking of the vehicle from the communication device to the central electronic device.
• the device is designed such that the method steps according to one of claims 1 to 23 can be carried out via the communication with the central electronic device.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a system of a central electronic device and two exemplified vehicles
• Fig. 3 shows the sequence of a method when separating "the unit 9 from the associated vehicle
• the basic idea of the invention is to variably determine leasing rates and / or insurance premiums and / or other conceivable charges as a function of data of the driving performance in a central electronic device 1 for a group of vehicles or even a single vehicle.
• the central electronic device 1 takes over in addition to receiving the data of the mileage, the storage, possibly the distribution, the further processing of the received data and the determination of the mileage-related data.
• the charges mentioned can be determined by the central electronic device 1 in its entirety variable depending on the mileage. However, the respective fee can also consist of a fixed share and a mileage-related portion.
• the calculation of location or position-dependent and / or time-dependent data and charges is conceivable.
• the invention provides the possibility of managing maintenance calls for the integrated vehicle as a function of the data of the driving performance in the central electronic device, for example for fleet vehicles.
• each of the vehicles 3 has a device 2 for detecting or determining data for the driven distance of the vehicle.
• This can be, for example, a device already present in the vehicle for other purposes, for example with the aid of signals from wheel speed sensors, or an additionally installed device based on satellite-supported position signals (GPS), as described, for example, in DE 10 2007 024 692.
• GPS satellite-supported position signals
• a tamper resistance for the actual distance traveled by the vehicle by the possible comparison of the determined by the vehicle's device driving performance data with the additional built-in device data determined driving performance possible.
• Via the communication device 4 and an established communication connection 6, at least the data of the driving performance are sent to defined points in time of the operation of the vehicle 3 to the central electronic device 1, the communication device 5 receives the data. With the help of the received data, the mileage-related data for the respective vehicle 3 are determined in the central electronic device.
• the device 3 for detecting or determining the data of the driving performance of the vehicle and the communication device 4 is arranged in a unit 9 with its own housing and separately connectable to the electrical system and / or the data network of the vehicle.
• a communication connection all today already known and in the future still developed wireless communication connections for mobile use in question.
• a computational summary of the data of the mileage for example, for a certain period or a certain period, or the calculation of the mileage-related data or a part of the mileage-related data already in the device 2 or another device of the vehicle takes place and these determined or summarized data are sent to the central electronic device 1.
• data for example vehicle and / or route data and / or time data which are present in the vehicle or have been detected or detected by vehicle devices, such as road courses, road slopes, can be included in the calculation of the data, thereby increasing the accuracy of the mileage-related data can be.
• the duration of the individual communication periods between the individual vehicles and the central electronic device can thus possibly be shortened or the distances between the individual communications changed and the data volume to be transmitted may be reduced.
• the data of the mileage of the respective vehicle 3 can be determined or detected continuously and also at certain time intervals by the device 2 and, if necessary, processed and stored until transmission to the central electronic device 1.
• the data of the mileage data of the acceleration and braking behavior of the vehicle In addition to the data of the distance traveled, the data of the mileage data of the acceleration and braking behavior of the vehicle, the engine speed characteristics, the oil or tire pressure, fuel consumption, the coolant temperature, the engine oil temperature or other data such as direction, average speed between two measurements, location information altitude profiles of the distance traveled included in this context. Furthermore, the data of the mileage characteristics, for example, whether it is a private or official driven route, are assigned.
• the central electronic device determines the corresponding mileage-related data, for example the leasing rate or insurance premium for the respective vehicle for a certain period of time, for example for one month each.
• the time intervals for the receipt of the data of the mileage and the determination of the vehicle performance data do not match, it can be provided that the vehicles 3 every 24 hours or when parking the vehicle send, the determination of the mileage-related data takes place only in a monthly rhythm , For different contracts or purposes of the vehicles 3 also different predefined time intervals for the transmission and / or the determination of the mileage-related data can be set.
• the data of the mileage is retrieved by the central electronic device 1 via the communication link 6. However, it can also be provided that only after expiry of a further predefined time interval for the transmission of the data the mileage is a call. If the data can not be obtained by the device 4 or its communication device even when the central electronic device is called up, or if the data is not consistent with the intended use of the vehicle, an abuse or theft warning can be generated for the vehicle. This warning may also be displayed after expiration of two or more Elapsed elapsed predefined timings without receiving the data of the mileage of the
• the unit 9 After starting the vehicle in method step 11, the unit 9 goes from a so-called “sleep mode” into a working mode, that is to say the device 2 for detecting or determining the data of the driving performance is activated and the communication device 4 enters a so-called “airplane” mode. Mode “in which the communication device 4 is active but not yet transmitting (method step 12). In method step 13, it is checked whether data of the mileage of the last drive before stopping the vehicle 3 has been buffered in the memory device 7.
• the communication device 4 leaves the "airplane mode” and attempts according to method step 14 to connect to the communication device 5
• the communication device 4 transmits only after a delay time has elapsed after starting the vehicle, so that it is ensured during the transmission that all necessary systems have been completely started up the delay time in the range of 5 to 10 minutes.
• the communication device 4 goes back into the airplane mode "(method step 15. If no communication connection to the central electronic device 1 are established, go t the communication device 4 for a defined time in the "Airplane mode” and tried again after the time to establish a connection (step 16).
• start data of the mileage stored in the memory device are the starting mileage of the vehicle, the starting time and the starting coordinates of the vehicle 3 or the unit 9.
• other data on which the data of the mileage are based conceivable.
• the driving distance traveled since the start is determined. km or the distance traveled since completion of the vehicle until the parking of the vehicle 3 is cumulative or at defined time intervals.
• the communication device 4 attempts after a delay time of less than 1 hour, in particular after a delay time in the range of 2 to 5 minutes to establish a communication link 6 to the communication device 5 of the central electronic device 1 and to send the data of the mileage. If no connection could be made after a number of attempts, the data is buffered in the memory device 7 in the method step 21. After the successful transmission of the data to the central electronic device 1 or the caching of the data, the unit 9 goes into "sleep mode".
• Fig. 3 shows the process flow when separating the unit 9 from the associated vehicle 3.
• the process flow is used to determine whether the unit 9 has been removed for service purposes in the short term.
• the communication device 4 of the unit 9 enters an active alarm mode in method step 31 and attempts a communication connection immediately or after a delay time which may be in the minutes range to the communication device 5 of the central electronic device (step 32). If, after one or more attempts, no communication connection has been established, the communication device attempts to establish a connection after expiry of different time periods until it has been successful and sends in step 33 an alarm signal which indicates that the unit 9 is from the vehicle electrical system and / or the data bus of the vehicle is disconnected.
• the alarm signal preferably includes the time and position of the vehicle when the fault occurs, as well as the time and position of the vehicle at the end of the fault. In this way, it can be determined whether the vehicle has been moved during the disturbance. Thereafter, the unit waits in step 34 until the connection to the vehicle 3 is restored and transmits, when connected to the vehicle 3, a signal or an identification that the connection is restored.
• unit 9 may also periodically send the time and position of the vehicle to the central electronic device 1 at adjustable intervals.

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