System and method to detect execution of driving maneuvers

• US 10,497,187 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2019
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc. (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc. (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Palmer, Jason, Sljivar, Slaven
• Primary Examiner(s): Camby, Richard M
• Application Number:
  US16/280,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20190180524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 286 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/42 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/00 Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles B60W60/00
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/0055 with safety arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 1/021 specially adapted to land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/06 in graphical form
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a system and method for detecting execution of driving maneuvers based on pre-determined driving maneuver profiles. Some or all of the system may be installed in a vehicle and/or be otherwise coupled with a vehicle. In some implementations, the system may detect execution of driving maneuvers by the vehicle based on pre-determined driving maneuver profiles. The system may include one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicle. In some implementations, the system may detect execution of the driving maneuvers by the vehicle based on a comparison of the information conveyed by the output signals from the sensors to criteria included in the pre-determined driving maneuver profiles.

Claims

1. A system configured to detect execution of driving maneuvers by a vehicle, the vehicle being operated by a driver, the system comprising:

a set of sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to operation and/or context of the vehicle, wherein the set of sensors includes a speed sensor configured to generate a speed signal conveying information related to a speed of the vehicle; and

one or more processors configured by computer-readable instructions to;

determine, based on the generated output signals, information related to the operation and/or context of the vehicle;

determine, based on the speed signal, the speed of the vehicle;

detect execution, by the vehicle, of a specific driving maneuver based on the determined information and the determined speed of the vehicle, wherein detection of the specific driving maneuver is further based on a predetermined driving maneuver profile, wherein detection based on the predetermined driving maneuver profile requires satisfaction of a criteria set including a first individual criterion and a second individual criterion, wherein satisfaction of the first individual criterion includes a first determination that the vehicle has maneuvered outside a lane of traffic, and wherein satisfaction of the second individual criterion includes a second determination that the speed of the vehicle is zero; and

responsive to the detection of the execution of the specific driving maneuver, facilitate presentation of a notification regarding the detected execution of the specific driving maneuver, wherein the presentation of the notification is presented to at least one of the driver, a fleet manager of a fleet of multiple vehicles that includes the vehicle, and a remote computing device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the satisfaction of the second individual criterion includes the second determination that the speed of the vehicle is zero for at least a predetermined period of time.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the predetermined period of time is at least a minute.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the set of sensors includes a video camera.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the notification includes information conveyed by the output signals for a period of time that includes at least the specific driving maneuver, wherein the period of time is centered around the specific driving maneuver and includes a pre-maneuver time, a specific driving maneuver time, a time position of the maneuver, and a post-maneuver time, wherein the pre-maneuver time and the post-maneuver time are approximately equal.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, responsive to the detection of the execution of the specific driving maneuver, facilitate electronic storage of the information conveyed by the output signals for the period of time that includes at least the specific driving maneuver.

7. A method to detect execution of driving maneuvers by a vehicle, the vehicle being operated by a driver, the method comprising:

generating, by a set of sensors, output signals conveying information related to operation and/or context of the vehicle, wherein the output signals include a speed signal conveying information related to a speed of the vehicle;

determining one or more vehicle parameters based on the output signals, the one or more vehicle parameters being related to the operation and/or context of the vehicle;

determining the speed of the vehicle based on the speed signal;

detecting execution by the vehicle of a specific driving maneuver based on the one or more determined vehicle parameters and the speed of the vehicle, wherein detection of the specific driving maneuver is further based on a predetermined driving maneuver profile, wherein detection based on the predetermined driving maneuver profile requires satisfaction of a criteria set including a first individual criterion and a second individual criterion, wherein satisfaction of the first individual criterion includes a first determination that the vehicle has maneuvered outside a lane of traffic, and wherein satisfaction of the second individual criterion includes a second determination that the speed of the vehicle is zero; and

responsive to detecting the execution of the specific driving maneuver, facilitating presentation of a notification regarding the detected execution of the specific driving maneuver, wherein the presentation of the notification is presented to at least one of the driver, a fleet manager of a fleet of multiple vehicles that includes the vehicle, and a remote computing device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the satisfaction of the second individual criterion includes the second determination that the speed of the vehicle is zero for at least a predetermined period of time.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the predetermined period of time is at least a minute.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the set of sensors includes a video camera.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the notification includes information conveyed by the output signals for a period of time that includes at least the specific driving maneuver, wherein the period of time is centered around the specific driving maneuver and includes a pre-maneuver time, a specific driving maneuver time, a time position of the maneuver, and a post-maneuver time, wherein the pre-maneuver time and the post-maneuver time are approximately equal.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the generated output signals conveying information related to one or more of mechanical systems of the vehicle, movement of the vehicle, an orientation of the vehicle, a geographic position of the vehicle, or a spatial position of the vehicle relative to other objects.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

responsive to the detection of the execution of the specific driving maneuver, facilitating electronic storage of the information conveyed by the output signals for the period of time that includes at least the specific driving maneuver.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the notification regarding the detected execution of the specific driving maneuver includes visual information representing a vehicle environment, the vehicle environment including spaces in and around an interior and an exterior of the vehicle.