LARKIN, Stephen Charles Gordon (21 East Road, Morningside, 2169 Johannesburg, ZA)
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A vehicle control system comprising:
A vehicle; input means located on the vehicle for detecting the identity of a prospective operator/user; A controller located on the vehicle for formatting data transfers to a central station;
A two way wireless interconnect coupled to the controller for transferring the data of the vehicle to the central station;
Memory at the central station for storing the received data of the vehicle;
Activating means located on the vehicle for activating the vehicle when the control means determines that the operator/user is an authorised operator/user.
2. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the central station further comprises a message input means for receiving a message from the vehicle or equipment.
3. The apparatus as in claim 2 wherein the central station further comprises a second controller for validating the information from the vehicle or equipment.
4. The apparatus as in claim 3 wherein the central controller further comprises a third controller for transferring the message to the display unit of the vehicle or equipment.
5. A vehicle or equipment access control system comprising: A vehicle or equipment;
A display located on the vehicle;
Access point reader located on the vehicle for use by the operator or user;
A two-way radio frequency transceiver for transferring the data to a central station;
A computer at the central station for storing the transferred data along with the identifier input device of the vehicle or equipment;
An interconnect located on the vehicle for activating the vehicle on receipt of an activation signal from the control means;
6. The apparatus as in claim 5 wherein the central station further comprises a two-way radio frequency transceiver. |
DESCRIPTION
The user gains access to the system 4 using the input device. The input device is a computer chip enclosed in a 16mm thick stainless steel can. It is small, portable and rugged enough to withstand harsh environments. An input device uses its stainless steel enclosure as an electronic communication interface. The enclosure has two contacts, i.e. data and ground. Each of these contacts is connected to the chip inside. The data contact is the top of the enclosure, and the ground plane forms the sides and bottom of the enclosure. The Microprocessor controller 1 communicates with the input device through the 1-Wire protocol by simply touching the input device reader. Each input device has a unique and unalterable 64 bit address laser etched onto its chip inside the enclosure. The System 4 uses this unique address as a identifier to users of the system 4. Authorised users are stored in storage memory 7. Each authorised user is stored with information of their preferred language, name, licensing information for type of vehicle and the system 4 uses this information to communicate with the user on the Local GUI 2. The system uses both text and voice messages in the users preferred language to communicate with the user. The text and voice files are saved in storage memory 7. The user will gain access to the system 4 if their input device identifier matches one of the authorised users in the storage memory 7. A voice file with message "Your Key is invalid, please contact your supervisor" is played if the user is not authorised to use the vehicle and a voice file with message "Welcome, to Acqumine Fleet Management System" will be heard if the user is authorised to use the vehicle.
Next Patent: WO/2009/155618