Patent ID: 9633488
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G07C,H04W

Claim:
1. A method implemented by a software application on a wireless mobile computing device for acquiring vehicle performance data and related information, the method comprising: acquiring vehicle performance data during operation of a vehicle using a wireless mobile computing device operably mounted to the vehicle, the vehicle performance data representing any desired information useful for evaluating the performance of the vehicle, where the vehicle performance data includes image data that represents an image of an operating surface upon which the vehicle operates, where the step of acquiring vehicle performance data includes capturing the image data from a camera mounted to the vehicle; storing the vehicle performance data acquired in the preceding step on a memory storage device; displaying a representation of the vehicle performance data on a display screen of the wireless mobile computing device; transmitting automatically the vehicle performance data wirelessly to a remote memory storage device after the vehicle has travelled a minimum distance during vehicle operation.