DRIVER RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING SELECTIVELY AUTOMATIC EVENT SCORING

• US 20150025734A1
• Filed: 08/06/2014
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
• Inventors: Cook, Bryon, Ellegaard, Peter, Gilles, Louis
• Granted Patent: US 9,292,980 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/29.1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera

Abstract

A Driver Risk Assessment System and Method Employing Selectively Automatic Event Scoring. The system and method provides robust and reliable event scoring and reporting, while also optimizing data transmission bandwidth. The system includes onboard vehicular driving event detectors that record data related to detected driving events, selectively store or transfer data related to said detected driving events. If elected, the onboard vehicular system will score a detected driving event, compare the local score to historical values previously stored within the onboard system, and upload selective data or data types to a remote server or user if the system concludes that a serious driving event has occurred. The system may further respond to independent user requests by transferring select data to said user at a variety of locations and formats.

Claims

1. A system for reducing risk in driving, comprising:

an event capture device associated with a vehicle for detecting data related to the vehicle;

an event detector for determining whether or not the data represents a driving event based at least in part on an event score generated using the data from the event capture device; and

an event data management module for uploading the data to a remote computer device, with the uploading being responsive to the event score.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the uploading is further responsive to a data request received by the event detector.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the data request received by the event detector is sent from a computing device that is remote to the vehicle.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the data comprises audio, video, or telemetry data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the event score is calculated using a selected data selected from a group of data representing vehicle velocity, vehicle acceleration, vehicle special orientation, vehicle directional heading, vehicle metadata, and vehicle location.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the event score is calculated excluding said selectively uploaded data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the uploading is further responsive to a user request.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a comparing subsystem for comparing the event score with a group of previously stored event scores, and to responsively upload the data in the event the comparison so dictates.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the group of previously stored event scores comprises a set of representative event scores stored in a local data repository associated with the comparison subsystem.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the event capture device repeatedly generates data that is uploaded.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the event capture device is one of a plurality of event capture devices.

12. A method for reducing risk in driving, comprising:

detecting data related to the vehicle using an event capture device associate with a vehicle;

determining, using an event detector, whether or not the data represents a driving event based at least in part on an event score generated using the data from the event capture device; and

uploading the data using an event data management module to a remote computer device, with the uploading being responsive to the event score.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the uploading is further responsive to a data request received by the event detector.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the data request received by the event detector is sent from a computing device that is remote to the vehicle.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the data comprises audio, video, or telemetry data.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the event score is calculated using a selected data selected from a group of data representing vehicle velocity, vehicle acceleration, vehicle special orientation, vehicle directional heading, vehicle metadata, and vehicle location.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the event score is calculated excluding said selectively uploaded data.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the uploading is further responsive to a user request.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising comparing using a comparing subsystem the event score with a group of previously stored event scores, and responsively uploading the data in the event the comparison so dictates.