Driver-centric learning

• US 10,272,923 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2014
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Yang, Hsin-hsiang, Prakah-Asante, Kwaku O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huynh, Luat T
• Application Number:
  US14/525,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20160114805A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,645 Days
• Field of Search: 701 1, 701 293, 701 314, 701 315
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/80 Circuits; Control arrangements for dashboards B60Q3/16; for mass transit vehicles B60Q3/47
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/00 Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit , e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A vehicle system includes a remote device having a processor programmed to receive driver data in real-time during operation of a first vehicle. The processor processes the driver data to determine a driver behavior. A command signal is generated to command a second vehicle to update at least one parameter in accordance with the driver behavior.

Claims

1. A vehicle system comprising:

a remote device having a processor programmed to receive driver data in real-time during operation of a first vehicle, process the driver data, and generate a command signal commanding a system associated with a second vehicle to update at least one parameter in accordance with the driver data,

wherein the system of the second vehicle operates in accordance with the at least one parameter updated in accordance with the driver data received at the second vehicle from the remote device.

2. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the remote device further includes a communication interface configured to receive driver data from the first vehicle and transmit the command signal to the second vehicle.

3. The vehicle system of claim 2, wherein the communication interface is configured to wirelessly receive the driver data and wirelessly transmit the command signal to the second vehicle.

4. The vehicle system of claim 2, wherein the communication interface is configured to wirelessly receive driver data from the first vehicle and transmit the driver data to the processor.

5. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the remote device includes a mobile device programmed to store the driver data.

6. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the remote device includes a remote server programmed to store the driver data.

7. The vehicle system of claim 1, wherein the processor is programmed to receive a query from the second vehicle for the parameter, and wherein the processor is programmed to generate the command signal in response to the query.

8. A vehicle system comprising:

a processor programmed to query a remote device for driver data collected from a first vehicle, process the driver data, and generate a command signal commanding a system associated with a second vehicle to update at least one parameter in accordance with the driver data,

wherein the system associated with the second vehicle is programmed to operate in accordance with the at least one parameter updated in accordance with the driver data received from the remote device.

9. The vehicle system of claim 8, further comprising a communication interface configured to receive the command signal from the remote device.

10. The vehicle system of claim 9, wherein the communication interface is configured to wirelessly receive the driver data from the remote device.

11. The vehicle system of claim 8, wherein the remote device includes a mobile device programmed to store the driver data.

12. The vehicle system of claim 8, wherein the remote device includes a remote server programmed to store the driver data.

13. The vehicle system of claim 8, wherein the remote device is programmed to transmit the driver data to the processor in response to the query.

14. A method comprising:

receiving driver data, via a remote device, in real-time during operation of a first vehicle;

processing the driver data;

generating a command signal commanding a second vehicle to update at least one parameter in accordance with the driver data;

outputting the command signal to the second vehicle; and

operating a system of the second vehicle in accordance with the at least one parameter in updated in accordance with the driver data received from the remote device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the driver data is received wireles sly from the first vehicle.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the command signal is wirelessly transmitted to the second vehicle.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising storing the driver data in a memory device remote from the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving a query from the second vehicle for the driver data.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising generating the command signal in response to the query.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

determining whether a driver has exited the second vehicle; and

discarding driver data from a memory device associated with the second vehicle.