GEOSPATIAL DATA BASED ASSESSMENT OF FLEET DRIVER BEHAVIOR

• US 20140012634A1
• Filed: 09/10/2013
• Published: 01/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Spireon Incorporated (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Spireon Incorporated (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Pearlman, Richard Frank, Walsh, Sean Micheal, Schantz, Daris Amon, Gertz, Steven, Hale-Pletka, Alec Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/022,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20140012634A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.42
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/14 Traffic procedures, e.g. traffic regulations
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/86 Performing a diagnostic of the sensing device
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems to assess the performance of a fleet driver using a geospatial tracking device. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising determining a baseline travel time of a fleet vehicle traveling a fleet route from a departure location to an arrival location; obtaining a dispatch estimated travel time of the fleet vehicle traveling the fleet route from a dispatcher; obtaining a driver estimated travel time of the fleet vehicle; determining an actual travel time of the fleet vehicle traveling the fleet route through a geospatial tracking device; and generating a driver performance score of the driver of the fleet vehicle for a duration of the fleet route based on the baseline travel time, the dispatch estimated travel time, the driver estimated travel time, and/or the actual travel time.

Claims

1. A machine-implemented method, comprising:

determining, by a processor of a server device, a baseline travel time of a fleet vehicle traveling a fleet route from a departure location to an arrival location;

obtaining, by the processor of the server device, a dispatch estimated travel time of the fleet vehicle traveling the fleet route from a dispatcher of the fleet vehicle;

obtaining, by the processor of the server device, a driver estimated travel time of the fleet vehicle traveling the fleet route from a driver of the fleet vehicle;

determining, by the processor of the server device, an actual travel time of the fleet vehicle traveling the fleet route through a geospatial tracking device coupled to the fleet vehicle; and

generating, by the processor of the server device, a driver performance score of the driver of the fleet vehicle for a duration of the fleet route based on the baseline travel time, the dispatch estimated travel time, the driver estimated travel time, and the actual travel time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the baseline travel time is determined by a baseline travel algorithm applied by the processor of the server device through a baseline travel module.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the baseline travel algorithm comprises segmenting a total distance of the fleet route into a plurality of sub-distances by a posted speed limit of each of the plurality of sub-distances, dividing the plurality of sub-distances by their respective posted speed limits to obtain a plurality of resultant sub-distance travel times, and summing the plurality of resultant sub-distance travel times to obtain the baseline travel time.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the baseline estimated travel time and the driver estimated travel time comprises at least one of:

a plurality of unplanned stop time periods and a plurality of planned stop time periods.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, by the processor of the server device, an optimum driving route for the remainder of the fleet vehicle'"'"'s fleet route when the actual travel time for a portion of the fleet route is above at least one of the dispatch estimated travel time and the driver estimated travel time by a variance threshold time; and

transmitting, by the processor of the server device, the optimum driving route to a display of the fleet vehicle communicatively coupled to the server device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the driver performance score is determined by a driver performance algorithm applied by the processor of the server device through a driver performance module.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the driver performance algorithm comprises:

determining a dispatch variance value by obtaining a percentage variance between the dispatch estimated travel time and the baseline travel time,

determining a driver estimated variance value by obtaining a percentage variance between the driver estimated travel time and the baseline travel time,

determining an actual variance value by obtaining a percentage variance between the actual travel time and the baseline travel time, and

aggregating the dispatch variance value, the driver estimated variance value, and the actual variance value to obtain the driver performance score of the driver of the fleet vehicle for the fleet route traveled.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the driver performance score of the driver is compared against the performance scores of other drivers of other fleet vehicles and a comparison score is determined by the processor of the server device.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the driver performance algorithm comprises:

determining a dispatch variance value by obtaining a percentage variance between the dispatch estimated travel time and the baseline travel time,

determining a driver estimated variance value by obtaining a percentage variance between the driver estimated travel time and the baseline travel time,

determining an actual variance value by obtaining a percentage variance between the actual travel time and the baseline travel time, and

aggregating the dispatch variance value, the driver estimated variance value, and the actual variance value to obtain the driver performance score of the driver of the fleet vehicle for the fleet route traveled.

9. A fleet vehicle driver assessment system, comprising

a geospatial tracking device coupled to a fleet vehicle communicatively coupled to one or more server devices;

and

the one or more server devices configured to;

calculate, by one or more processors of the one or more server devices, a baseline travel time of the fleet vehicle traveling a fleet route from a departure location to an arrival location,

obtain, by the one or more processors of the one or more server devices, a dispatch estimated travel time of the fleet vehicle traveling the fleet route from a dispatcher of the fleet vehicle,

obtain, by the one or more processors of the one or more server devices, a driver estimated travel time of the fleet vehicle traveling the fleet route through a driver mobile device communicatively coupled to the one or more server devices,

determine, by the one or more processors of the one or more server devices, an actual travel time of the fleet vehicle traveling the fleet route through the geospatial tracking device coupled to the fleet vehicle, and

generate, by the one or more processors of the one or more server devices, a driver performance score of the driver of the fleet vehicle for a duration of the fleet route based on the baseline travel time, the dispatch estimated travel time, the driver estimated travel time, and the actual travel time.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the baseline travel time is determined by a baseline travel algorithm applied by the one or more processors of the one or more server devices through a baseline travel module.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the baseline travel algorithm comprises segmenting a total distance of the fleet route into a plurality of sub-distances by a posted speed limit of each of the plurality of sub-distances, dividing the plurality of sub-distances by their respective posted speed limits to obtain a plurality of resultant sub-distance travel times, and summing the plurality of resultant sub-distance travel times to obtain the baseline travel time.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the baseline estimated travel time and the driver estimated travel time comprises at least one of:

a plurality of unplanned stop time periods and a plurality of planned stop time periods.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

generating, by the one or more processors of the one or more server devices, an optimum driving route for the remainder of the fleet vehicle'"'"'s fleet route when the actual travel time for a portion of the fleet route is above at least one of the dispatch estimated travel time and the driver estimated travel time by a variance threshold time; and

transmitting, by the one or more processors of the one or more server devices, the optimum driving route to a display of the driver mobile device communicatively coupled to the server device.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the driver performance score is determined by a driver performance algorithm applied by the one or more processors of the one or more server devices through a driver performance module.

16. A server device, comprising:

a baseline travel module configured to determine a baseline travel time of a fleet vehicle traveling a fleet route from a departure location to an arrival location;

a dispatcher module configured to obtain a dispatch estimated travel time of the fleet vehicle traveling the fleet route from a dispatcher of the fleet vehicle;

a driver tracking module configured to obtain a driver estimated travel time of the fleet vehicle traveling the fleet route from a driver of the fleet vehicle;

a vehicle tracking module configured to determine an actual travel time of the fleet vehicle traveling the fleet route through a geospatial tracking device coupled to the fleet vehicle and in communicative contact with the server device; and

a driver performance module configured to generate a driver performance score of the driver of the fleet vehicle for a duration of the fleet route based on the baseline travel time, the dispatch estimated travel time, the driver estimated travel time, and the actual travel time.

17. The server device of claim 16, wherein the baseline travel time is determined by a baseline travel algorithm and the driver performance score is determined by a driver performance module.

18. The server device of claim 17, wherein the baseline travel algorithm comprises segmenting a total distance of the fleet route into a plurality of sub-distances by a posted speed limit of each of the plurality of sub-distances, dividing the plurality of sub-distances by their respective posted speed limits to obtain a plurality of resultant sub-distance travel times, and summing the plurality of resultant sub-distance travel times to obtain the baseline travel time.

19. The server device of claim 17, wherein the driver performance algorithm comprises:

determining a dispatch variance value by obtaining a percentage variance between the dispatch estimated travel time and the baseline travel time,

determining a driver estimated variance value by obtaining a percentage variance between the driver estimated travel time and the baseline travel time,

determining an actual variance value by obtaining a percentage variance between the actual travel time and the baseline travel time, and

aggregating the dispatch variance value, the driver estimated variance value, and the actual variance value to obtain the driver performance score of the driver of the fleet vehicle for the fleet route traveled.

20. The server device of claim 16, further comprising:

a mapping module configured to;

generate an optimum driving route for the remainder of the fleet vehicle'"'"'s fleet route when the actual travel time for a portion of the fleet route is above at least one of the dispatch estimated travel time and the driver estimated travel time by a variance threshold time; and

transmit the optimum driving route to a display of the fleet vehicle communicatively coupled to the server device.