MULTI-USER SYNCHRONIZED DRIVER PROFICIENCY MONITOR AND ALERT SYSTEM
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1. A portable, wireless, data processing system, comprising:
- at least one sensor for gathering movement data, wherein the movement data includes acceleration, declaration, speed, or direction;
at least one wireless transceiver for exchanging data with a wireless network;
a portable power supply;
at least one processor coupled to the sensor, the wireless transceiver, and the portable power supply;
at least one memory, coupled to the processor, and storing instructions to be executed by the processor; and
a portable housing for carrying the sensor, wireless transceiver, processor and memory;
wherein the instructions include;
a driving proficiency metric measurement module that receives data from the sensor and measures or determines a metric related to driving proficiency during operation of a motor vehicle in which the portable, wireless, data processing system is located;
a database accessing module that accesses, via the wireless transceiver, data included in a database,wherein the data pertains to the metric related to driving proficiency being measured or determined by the driving proficiency metric measurement module;
a driving proficiency analysis module that analyzes the metric related to driving proficiency measured or determined by the driving proficiency metric measurement module and the data accessed by the database accessing module and determines whether a driving proficiency violation has occurred during operation of the vehicle; and
a reporting module that prepares a report including any driving proficiency violations determined by the driving proficiency analysis module and wirelessly transmits, via the wireless transceiver, the report to a remote monitor computing device.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for measuring one or more metrics of driving proficiency, analyzing the measured metric of driving proficiency, and transmitting a report including the analysis of the measured metric of driving proficiency are described. The metric of driving proficiency can be, e.g., speed, acceleration, deceleration, or weaving between lanes. The analysis can include comparing the measured metric of driving proficiency against data related to the measured metric of driving proficiency accessed from a database. The methods and systems described can be used to, e.g., monitor the driving of a teen driver. Other features and aspects are described herein.
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19 Claims
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1. A portable, wireless, data processing system, comprising:
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at least one sensor for gathering movement data, wherein the movement data includes acceleration, declaration, speed, or direction; at least one wireless transceiver for exchanging data with a wireless network; a portable power supply; at least one processor coupled to the sensor, the wireless transceiver, and the portable power supply; at least one memory, coupled to the processor, and storing instructions to be executed by the processor; and a portable housing for carrying the sensor, wireless transceiver, processor and memory; wherein the instructions include; a driving proficiency metric measurement module that receives data from the sensor and measures or determines a metric related to driving proficiency during operation of a motor vehicle in which the portable, wireless, data processing system is located; a database accessing module that accesses, via the wireless transceiver, data included in a database, wherein the data pertains to the metric related to driving proficiency being measured or determined by the driving proficiency metric measurement module; a driving proficiency analysis module that analyzes the metric related to driving proficiency measured or determined by the driving proficiency metric measurement module and the data accessed by the database accessing module and determines whether a driving proficiency violation has occurred during operation of the vehicle; and a reporting module that prepares a report including any driving proficiency violations determined by the driving proficiency analysis module and wirelessly transmits, via the wireless transceiver, the report to a remote monitor computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium whose contents, when executed by a mobile application supported by a mobile device, cause the mobile application to perform operations, comprising:
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measuring a metric of driving proficiency during operation of a motor vehicle; accessing a database including data related to the metric of driving proficiency being measured during operation of the vehicle; analyzing the measured metric of driving proficiency relative to the data accessed from the database; and wireless transmitting a report to a remote monitor computing device, the reporting including the analysis of the measured metric of driving proficiency relative to the data accessed from the database. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of monitoring and analyzing driving proficiency, the method comprising:
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(i) measuring a metric related to driving proficiency during operation of a motor vehicle; (ii) calculating a difference between the measured metric related to driving proficiency and a preset value for the metric related to driving proficiency being measured; (iii) identifying a driving proficiency violation when the calculated difference exceeds a preset tolerance value for the metric related to driving proficiency being measured; and (iv) wirelessly transmitting a report including the driving proficiency violation to a remote monitor computing device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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