Patent ID: 7808369
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for verifying whether at least one of a pre-trip inspection and a post-trip inspection of a vehicle has been performed, comprising the steps of: (a) detecting a triggering condition, the triggering condition indicating at least one of the following: (b) after the triggering condition has been detected, transmitting a signal indicating that a person has been disposed proximate to at least one predefined location associated with the vehicle, while nominally conducting at least one of the pre-trip inspection and the post-trip inspection of the vehicle; (c) receiving the signal at a monitor that is not part of the vehicle, thereby enabling a person who is not disposed proximate to the vehicle to verify that the required inspection was performed; and (d) determining whether the signal has been received at the monitor before a predefined event occurs, and if not, determining that the person cannot yet have completed the at least one of the pre-trip inspection and the post-trip inspection of the vehicle, wherein if it is determined that the person cannot have completed the at least one of the pre-trip inspection and the post-trip inspection of the vehicle, performing at least one of the following functions: