Apparatus and method for evaluating driving skill and apparatus and method for informing efficiency of driver's physical load to driving operation
First Claim
1. An evaluating apparatus for evaluating driving skill of a driver who drives a vehicle, the evaluating apparatus including:
- driver load measurement means for measuring the degree of physical load on the driver in a driving operation activity of the vehicle;
driving operation quantity measurement means for measuring a quantity of driving operation performed by the driver for the vehicle in the driving operation activity; and
evaluation means for evaluating the driving skill of the driver by using the degree of the physical load on the driver and the quantity of driving operation.
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Abstract
The driving skill evaluating apparatus is an apparatus that evaluates the driving skill of a driver who drives a vehicle. The evaluating apparatus includes: driver load measurement means for measuring the degree of physical load on the driver in a driving operation activity of the vehicle; driving operation quantity measurement means for measuring the quantity of driving operation performed by the driver for the vehicle in the driving operation activity; and evaluation means for evaluating the driving skill of the driver by using the degree of the physical load on the driver and the quantity of driving operation. And the driving load efficiency informing apparatus iincludes: the driver load measurement means: the driving operation quantity measurement means; load efficiency judgment value calculating means for calculating a load efficiency judgment value indicating a efficiency of efficiency of the physical load on the driver in the driving operation activity of the vehicle to the quantity of driving operation performed by the driver for the vehicle in the driving operation activity of the vehicle, by using the degree of the physical load on the driver and the quantity of driving operation; and informing means for informing the driver of the efficiency of the physical load on the driver to the driving operation activity of the vehicle in accordance with the load efficiency judgment value.
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20 Claims
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1. An evaluating apparatus for evaluating driving skill of a driver who drives a vehicle, the evaluating apparatus including:
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driver load measurement means for measuring the degree of physical load on the driver in a driving operation activity of the vehicle; driving operation quantity measurement means for measuring a quantity of driving operation performed by the driver for the vehicle in the driving operation activity; and evaluation means for evaluating the driving skill of the driver by using the degree of the physical load on the driver and the quantity of driving operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for informing a driver who drives a vehicle of efficiency of a physical load of the driver to a driving operation activity of the vehicle, the apparatus including:
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driver load measurement means for measuring the degree of physical load on the driver in the driving operation activity of the vehicle; driving operation quantity measurement means for measuring the quantity of driving operation performed by the driver for the vehicle in the driving operation activity; load efficiency judgment value calculating means for calculating a load efficiency judgment value indicating a efficiency of the physical load on the driver in the driving operation activity of the vehicle to the quantity of driving operation performed by the driver for the vehicle in the driving operation activity of the vehicle, by using the degree of the physical load on the driver and the quantity of driving operation; and informing means for informing the driver of the efficiency of the physical load on the driver to the driving operation activity of the vehicle in accordance with the load efficiency judgment value. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A method of evaluating driving skill of a driver who drives a vehicle, including:
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a driver load measuring step of measuring the degree of physical load on the driver in a driving operation activity of the vehicle; a driving operation quantity measuring step of measuring the quantity of driving operation performed by the driver for the vehicle in the driving operation activity of the vehicle; and an evaluating step of evaluating the driving skill of the driver by using the degree of physical load on the driver and the quantity of driving operation. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A method of informing a driver who drives a vehicle of efficiency of a physical load of the driver to a driving operation activity of the vehicle, the method including:
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a driver load measuring step of measuring the degree of physical load on the driver in the driving operation activity of the vehicle; a driving operation quantity measuring step of measuring the quantity of driving operation performed by the driver for the vehicle in the driving operation activity; a load efficiency judgment value calculating step of calculating a load efficiency judgment value indicating efficiency of the degree of physical load on the driver in the driving operation activity of the vehicle to the quantity of driving operation performed by the driver for the vehicle in the driving operation activity of the vehicle by using the degree of physical load on the driver and the quantity of driving operation; and an informing step of informing the driver of the efficiency of the physical load on the driver to the driving operation activity of the vehicle in accordance with the load efficiency judgment value.
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