APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK INDICATOR CALCULATION FOR DRIVING BEHAVIOUR AND FOR RECONSTRUCTING A VEHICLE TRAJECTORY
First Claim
1. An apparatus for calculating a driving behaviour risk indicator for a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
- a processing and control unit; and
a memory,the apparatus being adapted to;
obtain a count of events occurring in each of a plurality of predetermined categories based on inputs from an inertial unit mounted on the vehicle, the inertial unit including a 3D inertial sensor with 3D gyroscope functionality, each event being indicative of at least one of dangerous and aggressive driving; and
calculate a driving behaviour risk indicator based on the number of events in each category.
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Abstract
A first aspect relates to an apparatus, system and method for calculating a driving behaviour risk indicator for a driver of a vehicle. Said aspect involves obtaining a count of events occurring in each of a plurality of predetermined categories based on inputs from an inertial unit mounted on the vehicle, the inertial unit including a 3D inertial sensor with 3D gyroscope functionality, each event being indicative of at least one of dangerous and aggressive driving; and calculating a driving behaviour risk indicator based on the number of events in each category. According to a second aspect, an apparatus and method for reconstructing a vehicle trajectory is provided. Said aspect includes updating a sensor error model.
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39 Claims
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1. An apparatus for calculating a driving behaviour risk indicator for a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
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a processing and control unit; and a memory, the apparatus being adapted to; obtain a count of events occurring in each of a plurality of predetermined categories based on inputs from an inertial unit mounted on the vehicle, the inertial unit including a 3D inertial sensor with 3D gyroscope functionality, each event being indicative of at least one of dangerous and aggressive driving; and calculate a driving behaviour risk indicator based on the number of events in each category. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising a plurality of telematics units mounted on respective vehicles and a remote processing unit, wherein:
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the telematics units comprise an inertial sensor unit; at least one of the remote processing entity and the telematics units is adapted to obtain a count of events occurring in each of a plurality of predetermined categories based on inputs from the inertial sensor unit, each event being indicative of at least one of dangerous and aggressive driving; and the remote processing entity is adapted to calculate a combined driving behaviour risk indicator for the plurality of telematics units based on the number of events in each category. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A method of calculating a driving behaviour risk indicator for a driver of a vehicle, comprising:
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detecting events occurring in each of a plurality of predetermined categories based on inputs from an inertial unit mounted on the vehicle, the inertial unit including a 3D inertial sensor with 3D gyroscope functionality, each event being indicative of at least one of dangerous and aggressive driving; and calculating a driving behaviour risk indicator based on the number of events in each category.
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38. A method of determining a driving behaviour risk indicator for a plurality of vehicles, the method comprising:
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detecting events occurring in each of a plurality of predetermined categories based on inputs from an inertial unit mounted on each said vehicle, each event being indicative of at least one of dangerous and aggressive driving; and calculating a driving behaviour risk indicator for the plurality of vehicles based on the number of events in each category.
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