Method for mobile device-based cooperative data capture
First Claim
1. A method for improving movement characteristic determination using a plurality of mobile devices in a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving a first movement dataset corresponding to a first sensor of a first mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the first movement dataset is associated with a first time period;
receiving a second movement dataset corresponding to a second sensor of a second mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the second movement dataset is associated with the first time period;
detecting satisfaction of a device association condition indicative of the first and the second mobile devices residing in the vehicle, based on the first and the second movement datasets;
after detecting the satisfaction of the device association condition;
receiving a first subsequent movement dataset corresponding to the first sensor, wherein the first subsequent movement dataset is collected during a first portion of a second time period from the first sensor;
receiving a second subsequent movement dataset corresponding to the second sensor, wherein the second subsequent movement dataset is collected during a second portion of the second time period from the second sensor; and
retrieving a vehicle movement model;
determining a vehicle movement characteristic based on the vehicle movement model and a combination of the first and the second subsequent movement datasets, wherein the vehicle movement characteristic describes movement of the vehicle during the second time period; and
determining a classification of the first mobile device as associated with a driver of the vehicle based on at least one of the first and the second movement datasets, wherein determining the vehicle movement characteristic comprises determining the vehicle movement characteristic based on the classification, the vehicle movement model and at least one of the first and the second subsequent movement datasets.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a method for improving movement characteristic determination using a plurality of mobile devices associated with a vehicle can include: collecting a first movement dataset corresponding to at least one of a first location sensor and a first motion sensor of a first mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices; collecting a second movement dataset corresponding to at least one of a second location sensor and a second motion sensor of a second mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices; determining satisfaction of a device association condition indicative of the first and the second mobile devices as associated with the vehicle, based on the first and the second movement datasets; and after determining the satisfaction of the device association condition, determining a vehicle movement characteristic based on the first and the second movement datasets.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for improving movement characteristic determination using a plurality of mobile devices in a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving a first movement dataset corresponding to a first sensor of a first mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the first movement dataset is associated with a first time period; receiving a second movement dataset corresponding to a second sensor of a second mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the second movement dataset is associated with the first time period; detecting satisfaction of a device association condition indicative of the first and the second mobile devices residing in the vehicle, based on the first and the second movement datasets; after detecting the satisfaction of the device association condition; receiving a first subsequent movement dataset corresponding to the first sensor, wherein the first subsequent movement dataset is collected during a first portion of a second time period from the first sensor; receiving a second subsequent movement dataset corresponding to the second sensor, wherein the second subsequent movement dataset is collected during a second portion of the second time period from the second sensor; and retrieving a vehicle movement model; determining a vehicle movement characteristic based on the vehicle movement model and a combination of the first and the second subsequent movement datasets, wherein the vehicle movement characteristic describes movement of the vehicle during the second time period; and determining a classification of the first mobile device as associated with a driver of the vehicle based on at least one of the first and the second movement datasets, wherein determining the vehicle movement characteristic comprises determining the vehicle movement characteristic based on the classification, the vehicle movement model and at least one of the first and the second subsequent movement datasets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for improving movement characteristic determination using a plurality of mobile devices associated with a first vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving a first movement dataset corresponding to a first sensor of a first mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the first movement dataset is associated with a time period; receiving a second movement dataset corresponding to a second sensor of a second mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices, wherein the second movement dataset is associated with the time period; determining a first device association condition indicative of the first and the second mobile devices as associated with the first vehicle, based on the first and the second movement datasets; after determining the first device association condition; retrieving a vehicle movement model; and determining a vehicle movement characteristic associated with the time period based on the vehicle movement model and the first and the second movement datasets; receiving a first subsequent movement dataset corresponding to the first sensor, wherein the first subsequent movement dataset is associated with a subsequent time period; receiving a second subsequent movement dataset corresponding to the second sensor, wherein the second subsequent movement dataset is associated with the subsequent time period; detecting failure of the first device association condition based on the first and the second subsequent movement datasets; receiving a third subsequent movement dataset corresponding to a third sensor of a third mobile device, wherein the third subsequent movement dataset is associated with the subsequent time period; and determining a second device association condition indicative of the second and the third mobile devices as associated with a second vehicle, based on the second and the third subsequent movement datasets. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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