Determination and Display of Driving Risk
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1. A method, implemented using a vehicle navigation system, for determining the risk associated with driving on a plurality of elements of a transportation network by a driver comprising:
- compiling, in a compilation module of the navigation system, a database of temporal and geo-referenced driving risk attribution types for the plurality of transportation elements, for a plurality of drivers and vehicles;
determining, in a risk determination module of the navigation system that is functionally connected to the compilation module, one or more driving risk indices for each of the plurality of elements that relates at least to one of the driver risk attribution types to the likelihood of damage to at least one of a person and property and optionally to the probable severity of damage of the person and property.
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Abstract
Embodiments of this invention relate to a method of determining the risk of driving a vehicle on a road network as a function of, for example, location, time of driving, weather, road conditions, driver ability, and traffic density. Historical information for the above is statistically analyzed to come up with a predictive model. Results can be displayed or presented to a driver while driving or otherwise or another person.
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1. A method, implemented using a vehicle navigation system, for determining the risk associated with driving on a plurality of elements of a transportation network by a driver comprising:
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compiling, in a compilation module of the navigation system, a database of temporal and geo-referenced driving risk attribution types for the plurality of transportation elements, for a plurality of drivers and vehicles; determining, in a risk determination module of the navigation system that is functionally connected to the compilation module, one or more driving risk indices for each of the plurality of elements that relates at least to one of the driver risk attribution types to the likelihood of damage to at least one of a person and property and optionally to the probable severity of damage of the person and property. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. A vehicle navigation system, for determining the risk associated with driving on a plurality of elements of a transportation network by a driver comprising:
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a compilation module configured to capture and store in a database, temporal and geo-referenced driving risk attribution types for the plurality of transportation elements, for a plurality of drivers and vehicles; a risk determination module, functionally connected to the compilation module, configured to generate, one or more driving risk indices for each of the plurality of transportation elements that relates at least to one of the driver risk attribution types to the likelihood of damage to at least one of a person and property and optionally to the probable severity of damage of the person and property; and a display module, functionally connected to the compilation and risk determination modules, configure to display the driving risk indices for a plurality of transportation elements for one of;
within a mapped area or, in the vicinity of a route to be traveled or being traveled or, in the vicinity of the present location of a moving vehicle.
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