DRIVER PERFORMANCE DETERMINATION BASED ON GEOLOCATION

• US 20150307107A1
• Filed: 02/20/2015
• Published: 10/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
• Inventors: Tamari, Roni, Botnen, Joshua Donald
• Granted Patent: US 9,604,648 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/04 Vehicle stop
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/26 Wheel slip
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/00 Input parameters relating to objects
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2555/20 Ambient conditions, e.g. wind or rain
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

A system for determining driver performance based on vehicle geolocation comprises one or more onboard vehicle sensors, one or more processors, and a memory. The one or more onboard vehicle sensors are configured to detect driving data of a moving vehicle. The one or more processors are configured to determine driver performance based at least in part on the driving data. The driver performance is normalized for a vehicle geolocation. The memory is coupled to the one or more processors and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

Claims

1. A system for determining driver performance based on vehicle geolocation, comprising:

one or more onboard vehicle sensors configured to detect driving data of a moving vehicle;

one or more processors configured to determine driver performance based at least in part on the driving data, wherein the driver performance is normalized for a vehicle geolocation; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the driver performance measures driver safety performance.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the driver performance measures driver fuel efficiency performance.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein normalizing the driver performance for geolocation comprises applying a drive performance evaluation criteria associated with the vehicle geolocation.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the drive performance evaluation criteria normalizes the effect of a driving level of difficulty.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein normalizing uses a performance weight.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine the vehicle geolocation.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the vehicle geolocation is determined using one or more of the following:

a satellite global positioning system data and a cellular location tracking data.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the vehicle geolocation is refined based on a sensor data.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the sensor data comprises one or more of the following:

a vehicle speed, a vehicle direction, a road gradient, a detected number of lanes, a vehicle trajectory, a presence of a traffic signal, a presence of intersection, and a detected road name.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein determining the vehicle geolocation includes determining a geo-fenced area.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the geo-fenced area is defined by a geo-boundary.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the geo-fenced area is defined based on a driving condition.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the driving condition comprises one or more of the following:

a road condition, a weather condition, and a traffic condition.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the driving condition is a dynamic driving condition.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the driving condition is a static driving condition.

17. A method for determining driver performance based on vehicle geolocation, comprising:

detecting driving data using one or more onboard vehicle sensors of a moving vehicle; and

determining, using one or more processors, driver performance based at least in part on the driving data, wherein the driver performance is normalized for a vehicle geolocation.

18. A computer program product for determining driver performance based on vehicle geolocation, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

detecting driving data using one or more onboard vehicle sensors of a moving vehicle; and

determining, using one or more processors, driver performance based at least in part on the driving data, wherein the driver performance is normalized for a vehicle geolocation.