AUTOMATED DISTRACTION MEASUREMENT OF MACHINE OPERATOR
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1. An electronic device associated with a driver of a vehicle comprising:
- a memory that includes a stored program;
a user-interface that allows the driver to interact with the electronic device; and
a processor that executes the stored program, wherein executing the stored program causes the processor to;
detect association of the electronic device with the vehicle;
detect a start of a driving session associated with the vehicle;
detect and evaluate one or more driver distraction events resulting from an interaction of the driver with the electronic device during the driving session by monitoring a status of the electronic device during the driving session;
determine a severity of each driver distraction event based on operational data of the vehicle measured by the electronic device; and
establish a distraction metric associated with the driver based on a duration of the driving session, a mileage of the driving session, a number of driver distraction events, the severity of each distraction event, and a duration of each driver distraction event.
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Abstract
A system and method for automated monitoring/evaluating of the distraction of an operator of a controllably movable object, and more specifically, but not exclusively, to a system for monitoring and/or evaluating distraction of a driver of a vehicle and providing a score to the level of distraction relating to the use of other device while driving.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic device associated with a driver of a vehicle comprising:
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a memory that includes a stored program; a user-interface that allows the driver to interact with the electronic device; and a processor that executes the stored program, wherein executing the stored program causes the processor to; detect association of the electronic device with the vehicle; detect a start of a driving session associated with the vehicle; detect and evaluate one or more driver distraction events resulting from an interaction of the driver with the electronic device during the driving session by monitoring a status of the electronic device during the driving session; determine a severity of each driver distraction event based on operational data of the vehicle measured by the electronic device; and establish a distraction metric associated with the driver based on a duration of the driving session, a mileage of the driving session, a number of driver distraction events, the severity of each distraction event, and a duration of each driver distraction event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A automated distraction measurement system, comprising:
an electronic device associated with a driver of a vehicle, wherein the electronic device; detects one or more driver distraction events during a driving session associated with the vehicle, generates a set of parameters based on the one or more distraction events and the driving session, wherein the set of parameters comprise; a duration and mileage of the driving session associated with the vehicle, a duration of each driver distraction event, and a driving difficulty value for a duration of each driver distraction event; and calculates a distraction metric for the driver based on the set of parameters and the one or more distraction event. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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initiating an operation of a driving distraction measurement application running on an electronic device based on an input from an operator of a vehicle via a user interface of the electronic device; responsive to initiating the operation of the driving distraction measurement application, collecting and logging, by the electronic device, operational characteristics of the vehicle during a driving session of the vehicle; detecting, by the electronic device, if the driving distraction measurement application has been switched to the background, wherein the switching of the driving distraction measurement application to the background is representative of an operator distraction event, and wherein the switching of the driving distraction measurement application to the background indicates that a secondary application has taken control and is operating in a foreground as a result of one of a direct and indirect use of the electronic device by the operator of the vehicle; calculating, by the electronic device, a driving difficulty during the operator distraction event using the operational characteristics of the vehicle, wherein the driving difficulty is representative of a severity of the operator distraction event; determining, by the electronic device, that the driving distraction measurement application has switched back to the foreground, wherein the switching of the driving distraction measurement application back to the foreground is representative of an end of the operator distraction event, and wherein the switching of the driving distraction measurement application back to the foreground indicates that the operator is done with an activity related to the secondary application; determining, by the electronic device, an end of a driving session of the vehicle; and calculating, by the electronic device, a distraction score associated with the operator for the driving session based on a duration and the mileage of the driving session, a start time and an end time of the operator distraction event, and the driving difficulty during the operator distraction event. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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