Safe driving monitoring system
First Claim
1. A method of detecting distracted driving, comprising:
- associating a mobile device with a vehicle driver;
detecting suspect activity associated with the vehicle driver based at least in part on mobile device movement data;
generating a suspect activity record comprising the mobile device movement 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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21 Claims
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1. A method of detecting distracted driving, comprising:
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associating a mobile device with a vehicle driver; detecting suspect activity associated with the vehicle driver based at least in part on mobile device movement data; generating a suspect activity record comprising the mobile device movement 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, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-implemented system for detecting distracted driving, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when cause the processor to; associate a mobile device with a vehicle driver; detect suspect activity associated with the vehicle driver based at least in part on mobile device movement data; generate a suspect activity record comprising the mobile device movement data associated with the detected suspect activity; and provide the suspect activity record and an identifier of the vehicle driver to a repository.
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21. A computer program product encoded as instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the instructions comprising:
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associating a mobile device with a vehicle driver; detecting suspect activity associated with the vehicle driver based at least in part on mobile device movement data; generating a suspect activity record comprising the mobile device movement 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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