DRIVER BEHAVIOR MONITOR AND ANALYZER
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring and analyzing the driving behavior of a driver in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a driver authentication module for identifying the driver;
a rule evaluation module evaluating adherence to predetermined traffic rules in response to data from sensors in the motor vehicle;
a style evaluation module evaluating the driving style of the driver according to general safety aspects not specified by legal regulations in response to data from sensors in the motor vehicle;
a rating module continuously updating a rating number to represent a measure of conformance to the predetermined traffic rules from the rule evaluation module and a measure of the driving style from the style evaluation module; and
a communication module coupled to the rating module and establishing a data link with a remote data processing device for a licensing authority;
wherein, after the rating number has reached or exceeded a predetermined threshold value, the fact of reaching or exceeding the threshold value is reported to the remote data processing device via the communication module.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring and analyzing the driving behavior of a driver in a motor vehicle includes a traffic-rule-conformance evaluation module (3) which evaluates the driving behavior of the driver with regard to adherence to elementary traffic rules. A defensive-driving-style evaluation module (4) evaluates the driving style of the driver under general safety aspects which are not or not always unambiguously specified by legal regulations. A rating-number specification module (5) specifies and updates continuously a rating number which represents a measure of the conformance to rules of driving behavior and defensiveness of the driving style of the driver. A communication module (6) communicates with the rating-number specification module (5) and establishes a data link with a remote data processing device (8). After the rating number has reached or exceeded a predetermined threshold value, this fact is reported to the remote data processing device (8) via the communication module (6).
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1. A system for monitoring and analyzing the driving behavior of a driver in a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a driver authentication module for identifying the driver; a rule evaluation module evaluating adherence to predetermined traffic rules in response to data from sensors in the motor vehicle; a style evaluation module evaluating the driving style of the driver according to general safety aspects not specified by legal regulations in response to data from sensors in the motor vehicle; a rating module continuously updating a rating number to represent a measure of conformance to the predetermined traffic rules from the rule evaluation module and a measure of the driving style from the style evaluation module; and a communication module coupled to the rating module and establishing a data link with a remote data processing device for a licensing authority; wherein, after the rating number has reached or exceeded a predetermined threshold value, the fact of reaching or exceeding the threshold value is reported to the remote data processing device via the communication module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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