Real-time driver observation and scoring for driver's education
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1. A method comprising:
- during a driving session in which a student driver operates a vehicle while observed by a driving instructor;
gathering, by an on-board computer of the vehicle, driving skill data indicative of vehicle operation by the student driver from one or more sensors disposed within the vehicle, the one or more sensors including at least one of the following;
an accelerometer array, a geopositioning device, or an image capture device, andgathering, by a user interface of a mobile device, comments from the driving instructor regarding vehicle operation at one or more geographic locations along a route traveled by the vehicle during the driving session, wherein the comments are each associated with one of the one or more geographic locations based upon data gathered from the one or more sensors;
calculating, by one or more processors of the mobile device or of an additional computing device communicatively connected to one or both of the on-board computer or the mobile device, at least one score based on one or more values of the driving skill data indicative of acceleration, braking, steering, gaze location, scanning frequency, lane deviation, lane centering, or time to collision;
generating, by the one or more processors, a driving session report corresponding to the driving session, including;
the at least one score based on the one or more values of the driving skill data, andthe gathered comments from the driving instructor about the driving session; and
causing the driving session report to be displayed on a display device for review.
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A method includes, during a driving session in which a student driver operates a vehicle, gathering driving skill data indicative of at least one of behavior of the student driver, acceleration of the vehicle, braking of the vehicle, or steering of the vehicle, and gathering comments from a driving instructor about the driving session. The method also includes generating a driving session report corresponding to the driving session. The driving session report includes at least one score based on the driving skill data, and the comments from the driving instructor about the driving session. Still further, the method includes causing the driving session report to be displayed on a display device.
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1. A method comprising:
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during a driving session in which a student driver operates a vehicle while observed by a driving instructor; gathering, by an on-board computer of the vehicle, driving skill data indicative of vehicle operation by the student driver from one or more sensors disposed within the vehicle, the one or more sensors including at least one of the following;
an accelerometer array, a geopositioning device, or an image capture device, andgathering, by a user interface of a mobile device, comments from the driving instructor regarding vehicle operation at one or more geographic locations along a route traveled by the vehicle during the driving session, wherein the comments are each associated with one of the one or more geographic locations based upon data gathered from the one or more sensors; calculating, by one or more processors of the mobile device or of an additional computing device communicatively connected to one or both of the on-board computer or the mobile device, at least one score based on one or more values of the driving skill data indicative of acceleration, braking, steering, gaze location, scanning frequency, lane deviation, lane centering, or time to collision; generating, by the one or more processors, a driving session report corresponding to the driving session, including; the at least one score based on the one or more values of the driving skill data, and the gathered comments from the driving instructor about the driving session; and causing the driving session report to be displayed on a display device for review. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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an on-board computer disposed within a vehicle, the on-board computer having one or more processors; a mobile device having one or more processors and a user interface; one or more sensors installed within the vehicle and communicatively connected to the on-board computer, the one or more sensors configured to generate driving skill data indicative of vehicle operation by a student driver, including at least one of the following;
an accelerometer array, a geopositioning device, or an image capture device;a first non-transitory memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the on-board computer, cause the on-board computer to gather driving skill data indicative of vehicle operation by the student driver from the one or more sensors during a driving session in which a student driver operates the vehicle while observed by a driving instructor; one or more additional non-transitory memories storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the mobile device or one or more processors of an additional computing device, cause the mobile device or additional computing device to; gather, via the user interface and during the driving session, comments from the driving instructor regarding vehicle operation at one or more geographic locations along a route traveled by the vehicle during the driving session using the user interface, wherein the comments are each associated with one of the one or more geographic locations based upon data gathered from the one or more sensors; calculate at least one score based on one or more values of the driving skill data indicative of acceleration, braking, steering, gaze location, scanning frequency, lane deviation, lane centering, or time to collision; generate a driving session report corresponding to the driving session, including; the at least one score based on the one or more values of the driving skill data, and the gathered comments from the driving instructor about the driving session; and cause the driving session report to be displayed on a display device for review. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to:
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during a driving session in which a student driver operates a vehicle while observed by a driving instructor; gather driving skill data indicative of vehicle operation by the student driver from one or more sensors disposed within the vehicle from an on-board computer of the vehicle, the one or more sensors including at least one of the following;
an accelerometer array, a geopositioning device, or an image capture device,generate a user interface on a mobile device, and gather, via the user interface, comments from the driving instructor regarding vehicle operation at one or more geographic locations along a route traveled by the vehicle during the driving session, wherein the comments are each associated with one of the one or more geographic locations based upon data gathered from the one or more sensors; calculate, via one or more processors of the mobile device or of an additional computing device communicatively connected to one or both of the on-board computer or the mobile device, at least one score based on one or more values of the driving skill data indicative of acceleration, braking, steering, gaze location, scanning frequency, lane deviation, lane centering, or time to collision; generate, via the one or more processors of the mobile device or the additional computing device, a driving session report corresponding to the driving session, including; the at least one score based on the one or more values of the driving skill data, and the gathered comments from the driving instructor about the driving session; and cause the driving session report to be displayed on a display device for review. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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