Patents Assigned to MinorPlant Limited
  • Monitoring vehicle positions
    Patent number: 6285953
    Abstract: A data monitoring apparatus uses a GPS receiver, micro controller, a plurality of sensors and actuators, a memory, a radio transmitter and a data communication antennae. The apparatus accumulates real-time data concerning position and time and other operational parameters of a geographically mobile object for example a vehicle for transmission to a monitoring station. Transmission channel utility may be improved through transmission of accumulated historical data to a separate monitoring station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: MinorPlant Limited
    Inventors: Christopher G. Harrison, Jeffrey C. Morris