An In-Vehicle Monitoring System with OBD-Based Vehicle Terminal

Abstract

An In-Vehicle Monitoring System (IVMS) monitors the location and status of the remote vehicle status. We developed an IVMS with OBD based Vehicle Terminal (VT) instead of traditional one, to reduce installing complexity and gain more useful data from OBD interface. This paper describes the architecture, discusses the different users and their related concerned features. This paper classifies the OBD-VT to 3 classes to fit for different requests. Finally, this paper discusses the development of OBD specification, with an expectation of standardization of more common functions, such as anti-theft features.