GPS Solution for Logistics Industry
Analysis of logistics industry requirements:
The ultimate goal of logistics management is to reduce costs and improve service levels. This requires logistics enterprises to timely, accurately, and comprehensively grasp the information of transport vehicles, and implement real-time monitoring and scheduling of transport vehicles. The development of modern technology and communication technology, the maturity of GPS/GIS technology, and the wide application of GSM wireless communication technology have provided powerful and effective tools for modern logistics management. 3G (GPS/GIS/GSM) will play a positive role in promoting the optimization of resource allocation and enhancing market competitiveness for logistics enterprises.
Characteristics of logistics industry demands:
1. Wide business coverage, numerous vehicles, large amount of information.
2. Prominent regional and route monitoring requirements.
3. Close cooperation with freight documents.
4. High requirements for cargo security assurance.
5. Flexible and timely system response required.
6. Many users need location service information.
7. High degree of data sharing required.
8. Perfect unified vehicle information management needed.
Overall system design:
1. Design principles of the logistics vehicle GPS safety monitoring system
When designing the technical implementation plan, we followed the following principles:
● Everything for safety, "safety reminders, safety monitoring" is our product design goal.
● Safety reminders include: overspeed reminders, dangerous section reminders, fatigued driving reminders.
● Safety monitoring includes: overspeed monitoring, overloading image monitoring, fatigued driving reminders, voice reminders, etc.
● Common standard functions: remote settings, listening, calling, scheduling, alarms, etc.
2. System Economy
The system design aims to minimize cost while achieving optimal performance, pursuing maximum cost-effectiveness; the entire software system is independently developed, facilitating long-term cooperation and ensuring the economic nature of the software system.
Customized features by Babylon GPS for logistics vehicles:
1. Full journey driving data recording
● Adjustable recording interval from 5 seconds to 65535 seconds, default 30 seconds.
● Recorded parameters include: speed, location, driving direction, alarm status.
2. Overspeed management
● Overspeed alarm: Alarm when exceeding the specified safe speed.
● Alarm report: All vehicle alarm records automatically generate documents.
3. Overloading management
● Manual photography: Through manual photography by inspectors to check.
● Timed photography: Set fixed time intervals for automatic photography.
● Door opening photography: Achieve door opening photography through custom alarm line bundle detection of door switches.
4. Fatigue driving alarm
● Automatic alarm: After setting the fatigue driving time, GPS automatically alarms.
● Shift change monitoring: Double drivers on ultra-long distance buses identify whether drivers have changed shifts through photography.
5. Parking management
● Parking timeout alarm: Alarm when parking unexpectedly for too long.
● Idle timeout alarm: Alarm when idling for too long during the journey.
● Illegal ignition alarm: Alarm after vehicle has been penalized and stopped from running.
6. Text scheduling
● Achieve display of text information issued by the center through an added display screen.
● Drivers can upload simple text information.
7. Driving range management
● Regional alarm: Alarm when the vehicle exceeds the specified driving range.
● Alarm report: All vehicle alarm records automatically generate documents.
8. Manual navigation
● When the driver gets lost, duty personnel at the monitoring center use the electronic map platform to provide certain navigation assistance via phone or voice broadcast.
9. Tamper-proof protection
● Power-off alarm: Upload power-off alarm after GPS is cut off from power.
● Backup battery: Device can operate continuously for 2 hours after power-off.
10. Voice announcement
● After vehicle violation, the center can directly send voice dispatch information to communicate with the driver.
11. Image monitoring
● Compartment monitoring: Cameras point towards the compartment, monitor whether the compartment is secure and weather conditions.
● Road condition monitoring: Cameras point towards the road ahead of the windshield, judge if there's traffic congestion and road conditions.
● Driver monitoring: Cameras point towards the cockpit, check if the on-duty driver and driving operations are in violation.
● Support up to 4 camera channels.
System Composition:
The monitoring center serves as the "nerve center" of the entire system, concentrating on implementing monitoring, scheduling, receiving/dispatching alarms, image processing functions, and other information services, while coordinating and managing the entire system's hardware and software.
Functions of the vehicle terminal:
Responsible for data transmission between the vehicle terminal and the monitoring center. This part mainly involves the GPRS/CDMA public data network. As long as GSM or CDMA can cover the area, the system can run stably. Common functions include:
Vehicle positioning: Continuous positioning at fixed times, speed measurement, motion direction, etc.
Monitoring alarms: Overspeed, fatigued driving, unloading, unexpected long-term parking, etc.
Remote listening: Used for on-site judgment after robbery alarms.
Cutting fuel/power: Used for remote locking of vehicles in emergencies.
SOS emergency assistance: Manually triggered by the driver when feeling danger, highest level of alarm.
On-board telephone: Hands-free calls, handset calls, screen calls (external earphones).
Text scheduling: External scheduling screens, handsets, etc.
Voice announcements: External voice announcer with speakers.
Image transmission: 1-4 camera channels, with night vision.
Custom alarms: Users connect various detection switches according to needs, support triggering cameras to take photos.
Monitoring alarm functions:
● Overspeed alarm: Upload alarm when exceeding the speed threshold set by the company, with reports.
● Geofence alarm: Alarm when the vehicle exceeds the specified driving range.
● Emergency alarm: Alarm switch pressed by the owner in danger, must be manually intervened by the center to cancel.
● Custom alarms: Support 1-2 custom alarms, such as door opening alarms, vehicles need to connect door switches.
● Power-off alarm: Battery removal or device power-off alarm, must be manually intervened to resolve.
Vehicle positioning and tracking, multi-vehicle simultaneous tracking:
● Immediate positioning: Name-call positioning, query the current position of the vehicle;
● Last position: Query the latest position actively uploaded by the vehicle;
● Vehicle tracking: Continuously position the vehicle and draw trajectories on the map.
● Multi-vehicle tracking: Simultaneous tracking and comparison of multiple vehicles in new windows.
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