Safe driving monitoring system
First Claim
1. A method of detecting distracted driving, comprising:
- detecting suspect activity associated with a vehicle driver based at least in part on mobile device use data collected by a mobile device associated with the vehicle driver;
generating a suspect activity record comprising mobile device use data associated with the detected suspect activity; and
providing the suspect activity record and an identifier of the vehicle driver to a repository.
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Abstract
A method and system for detecting unsafe or suspect activities such as distracted driving associates distracted driving events to the road type, vehicle speed and vehicle acceleration (positive, negative and lateral) at the time of the distracted driving event, and identifies severe distracted driving events from a large population of minor events using a statistical distribution such as a Cauchy distribution equation. The system employs a smartphone application (App) coupled with a central server that computes driver safety scores which relate time of day, road type, vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration (positive, negative and lateral) and distracted driving using the Cauchy distribution equation. The server renders summary and detail reports of driving scores and distracted driving events to concerned parties including insurance companies, fleet managers, vehicle owners and the parents/guardians of teenaged drivers.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of detecting distracted driving, comprising:
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detecting suspect activity associated with a vehicle driver based at least in part on mobile device use data collected by a mobile device associated with the vehicle driver; generating a suspect activity record comprising mobile device use data associated with the detected suspect activity; and providing the suspect activity record and an identifier of the vehicle driver to a repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of detecting distracted driving, comprising:
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detecting suspect activity associated with a vehicle driver based at least in part on use of a mobile device associated with the vehicle driver; generating a suspect activity record comprising mobile device use data and driving parameters associated with the detected suspect activity; providing the suspect activity record and an identifier of the vehicle driver to a repository; and generating a score based at least in part on the mobile device use data and the driving parameters associated with the detected suspect activity, wherein the score is generated based at least in part on a comparison of the driving parameters and mobile device use data to a severity scale indicative of a relative risk associated with the suspect activity.
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