Feedback Performance Control and Tracking
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Abstract
A method is provided for optimizing the use of autonomous features of advanced driver assistance systems and the tracking thereof. For example, a vehicle may be equipped with several driver assistance systems in which a driver of the vehicle may be assisted. The vehicle may automatically change the number of active assistance systems or suggest to the driver one or more assistance systems to activate based on several factors, including poor driving on behalf of the driver or poor driving conditions due to weather or road quality. Statistics regarding the use of such advanced driver assistance systems may be monitored and tracked and stored on an onboard database or transmitted continuously or periodically to various entities. For example, the system may operate to allow an insurance company to track the driving performance and the use of the advanced driver assistance systems to update actuarial models to more accurately adjust rates.
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41 Claims
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21. A method for tracking activation of an advanced driver assistance (“
- ADA”
) system of a vehicle, the method comprising;a sensor detecting a driving context, wherein the driver context comprises current vehicle-related information, current occupant-related information, and exterior environmental and object information; at a first time, a processor determining, based on the detected driving context and from among plural automation levels, a first optimum automation level of the ADA system, the plural automation levels comprising multiple of Automation Level 0, Automation Level 1, Automation Level 2, Automation Level 3, Automation Level 4, and Automation Level 5; the processor initiating the first optimum automation level of the ADA system; based on initiating the first optimum automation level, the processor creating a first entry in a database, wherein the first database entry comprises a timestamp associated with the initiation of the first optimum automation level of the ADA system and a description of the first optimum automation level; and a communication system transmitting the first entry in the database to a third party via a communication network. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An autonomous vehicle, comprising:
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a vehicle interior for receiving one or more occupants; a plurality of sensors to collect a driving context, the driving context comprising vehicle-related information, occupant-related information, and exterior environmental and object information associated with the vehicle; an automatic vehicle location system to determine a current spatial location of the vehicle; a communication system to transmit, via a communication network, communications to a remote destination; a computer readable medium to store vehicle control instructions to control operations of the vehicle; a microprocessor that is programmed by the vehicle control instructions to; at a first time, determine, based on the detected driving context and from among plural automation levels, a first optimum automation level of the ADA system, the plural automation levels comprising multiple of Automation Level 0, Automation Level 1, Automation Level 2, Automation Level 3, Automation Level 4, and Automation Level 5; initiate the first optimum automation level of the ADA system; based on initiating the first optimum automation level, create a first entry in a database, wherein the first database entry comprises a timestamp associated with the initiation of the first optimum automation level of the ADA system and a description of the first optimum automation level; and cause the communication system to transmit the first entry in the database to a third party. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for tracking activation of an advanced driver assistance (“
- ADA”
) system of a vehicle, the method comprising;a sensor detecting a driving context, wherein the driver context comprises current vehicle-related information, current occupant-related information, and exterior environmental and object information; at a first time, a processor determining, based on the detected driving context and from among plural automation levels, a first optimum automation level of the ADA system, the plural automation levels comprising multiple of Automation Level 0, Automation Level 1, Automation Level 2, Automation Level 3, Automation Level 4, and Automation Level 5; the processor initiating the first optimum automation level of the ADA system; based on initiating the first optimum automation level, the processor creating a first entry in a database, wherein the first database entry comprises a timestamp associated with the initiation of the first optimum automation level of the ADA system and a description of the first optimum automation level; at a second later time, the processor determining, based on the detected driving context and from among the plural automation levels, a second optimum automation level of the ADA system, the second optimum automation level being different from the first optimum automation level; the processor initiating the second optimum automation level of the ADA system; based on initiating the second optimum automation level, the processor creating a second entry in a database, wherein the second database entry comprises a second timestamp associated with the initiation of the second optimum automation level of the ADA system and a description of the second optimum automation level, wherein the first and second database entries indicate one or more of a level of human involvement in operating the vehicle and a level of automation in operating the vehicle to enable allocation of fault between a human occupant and the vehicle manufacturer in the event of an accident. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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