Abstract
Fleet Management System (FMS) is a highly applicable system which gets more and more attention among industrial field. Recent years, fuel consumption has become one of the most concerned topics, hence, establishment of a fuel consumption monitoring system is required. In this study, based-on the FMS, a system which was capable of precisely monitoring and calculating the fuel consumption was designed. This FMS was composed of the front end Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) and the back end Management Server (MS). VTS was established and installed into the vehicles, based on several well-known technologies, such as Mobile Telecommunications Technology of GPRS or 3G, Global Positioning System (GPS), and On-Board Diagnostics II (OBD-II). In addition, VTS was also connected with the Vehicle Electronic Control Unit (VECU) through the OBD-II interface. By using GPRS/3G technology and the TCP/IP communication protocol, real-time vehicle operation data obtained from the OBD-II and positioning information from the GPS could be sent backward to the MS. The MS was designed through JBoss Developer Studio, and included the Data Collector (DC) and Web server. The DC gathers data sent back from VTS and the Web server calculates and decides the vehicle's present situation according to the data. The result can also be presented on websites by the Web server. In this study, the fuel consumption status of vehicles could be performed. Furthermore, the Web service also provided the users instant online manipulation.
Highlights
The application of Fleet Management System (FMS) [1] is mainly attended to monitor multiple vehicles simultaneously
For the aim of real-time monitoring and dynamic mobile data-recording, this study developed a fuel consumption calculating system, which combined Vehicle Tracking System (VTS), GPRS/3G, Global Positioning System (GPS) and Web Server by using Machine to Machine (M2M) framework
The designation comprises the M2M technique, and the commonly applied GPRS/3G, GPS, and On-Board Diagnostics II (OBD-II), which improves the function of FMS and increases the efficiency of industrial management
Summary
The application of Fleet Management System (FMS) [1] is mainly attended to monitor multiple vehicles simultaneously. For the aim of real-time monitoring and dynamic mobile data-recording, this study developed a fuel consumption calculating system, which combined Vehicle Tracking System (VTS), GPRS/3G, GPS and Web Server by using Machine to Machine (M2M) framework. Before the GPRS/3G and GPS technique applied in FMS, the fleet managers could only record, calculate and analysis car-driving data by paper-works. After these two techniques applied in FMS, they could use VTS to read the VECU and extracted the detailed and precise information of a vehicle.
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