VEHICLE OPERATIONS MONITORING

• US 20150039175A1
• Filed: 06/27/2014
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Martin, Douglas Raymond, Miller, Kenneth James
• Application Number:
  US14/317,352
• Publication Number:
  US 20150039175A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/31.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/00 Input parameters relating to overall vehicle dynamics
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/14 Yaw
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/26 Wheel slip
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/00 Input parameters relating to occupants
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

A computer in a vehicle is programmed to, during operation of the vehicle, identify data from one or more data collectors related to at least one stability event of the vehicle; determine a mitigation factor related to each at least one event; and determine a driving score for a driver of the vehicle based at least in part on the data related to the at least one stability event and the mitigation factor related to each at least one event.

Claims

1. A system, comprising a computer in a vehicle, the computer comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the computer is programmed to:

during operation of the vehicle, identify data from one or more data collectors related to at least one stability event of the vehicle;

determine a mitigation factor related to each at least one event; and

determine a driving score for a driver of the vehicle based at least in part on the data related to the at least one stability event and the mitigation factor related to each at least one event.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one stability event includes one of a vehicle roll event, a vehicle yaw event, a vehicle skid event, and a vehicle traction event.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one stability event includes at least two stability events, including at least two of a vehicle roll event, a vehicle yaw event, a vehicle skid event, and a vehicle traction event.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein each of the at least two stability events is assigned a weight when used in determining the driving score.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further programmed to submit the driving score to a remote server.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the mitigation factor is based on a percentage of mitigation used to address the stability event.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the mitigation factor percentage is in a range of between, and including, zero and one hundred percent.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further programmed to identify the at least one event when the data includes a value exceeding a predetermined threshold.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer is further programmed to determine a plurality of driving scores.

10. A method, implemented in a computer in a vehicle, the computer comprising a processor and a memory, the method comprising:

during operation of the vehicle, identifying data from one or more data collectors related to at least one stability event of the vehicle;

determining a mitigation factor related to each at least one event; and

determining a driving score for a driver of the vehicle based at least in part on the data related to the at least one stability event and the mitigation factor related to each at least one event.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one stability event includes one of a vehicle roll event, a vehicle yaw event, a vehicle skid event, and a vehicle traction event.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one stability event includes at least two stability events, including at least two of a vehicle roll event, a vehicle yaw event, a vehicle skid event, and a vehicle traction event.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein each of the at least two stability events is assigned a weight when used in determining the driving score.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising submitting the driving score to a remote server.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the mitigation factor is based on a percentage of mitigation used to address the stability event.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the mitigation factor percentage is in a range of between, and including, zero and one hundred percent.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising identifying the at least one event when the data includes a value exceeding a predetermined threshold.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising determining a plurality of driving scores.