Patent ID: 7386377

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a vehicle having a safe and a utility device operable for performing a task having a result capable of being measured, the result of the task performed by the utility device unrelated to a function or operation of the vehicle; a local processor associated with local storage each housed in the safe, the safe preventing access to the local processor and the local storage housed therein; an operator input console carried by the vehicle for accepting operator input information about the operation of the utility device, the operator input console associated with the local processor and disposed outside of the safe so as to be accessible by an operator of the vehicle; a positioning system, associated with the local processor, for generating position information of the vehicle during operation of the utility device; a sensor, associated with the utility device and the local processor, for generating result information of the result of the task performed by the operation of the utility device; the local processor for storing in the local storage the position information, the result information, and the operator input information; and the operator input console and the local processor adapted and arranged preventing access to the local storage in response to operation of the operator input console.