Empathy-Based Speed Alert

• US 20200130577A1
• Filed: 10/30/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Mitra, Pramita, Chen, Yifan, Wang, Qianyi, Sharma, Abhishek, Nash, Brian, Wingrove, Theodore, Brooks, Adam, Love, Jenna
• Granted Patent: US 10,640,037 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/566 Mobile devices displaying vehicle information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/80 Arrangements for controlling instruments
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/00 Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 , e.g. haptic signalling
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/143 Alarm means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2555/60 Traffic rules, e.g. speed limits or right of way
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/10 Historical data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0129 for creating historical data or processing based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/052 with provision for determining speed or overspeed speed measuring in general G01P

Abstract

A vehicle includes a controller, programmed to responsive to detecting a speeding event, generate an alert factor and send an alert to at least one of an in-vehicle output device or an outside-vehicle output device based on the alert factor; and responsive to detecting a user failing to respond, increase the alert factor and send the alert for output based on the increased alert factor.

Claims

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a controller, programmed to

responsive to detecting a speeding event, generate an alert factor and send an alert to an in-vehicle output device for video and audio output based on the alert factor,

responsive to detecting a user failing to respond, increase the alert factor and send the alert to a mobile device associated with the user wirelessly connected to the vehicle for vibration output from the mobile device based on the alert factor as increase, and

responsive to detecting the user further failing to respond, and further increase the alert factor and send the alert to an outside vehicle output device for output based on the alert factor as further increased.

2. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the controller is further programmed to:

receive input including at least one of;

user history data, area history data, or real-time data; and

perform aggregated analysis on the input to generate aggregated data that summarizes the input.

3. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the aggregated analysis includes one or more of to calculate a number of counts of violations, average traffic fine, time and date of traffic stops in a predefined area.

4. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the user history data includes at least one of:

vehicle usage patterns, response to past alerts of a user, user driving record, user points, user age, user financial situation, or user family relationship.

5. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the area history data includes at least one of:

number of accidents within a predefined area being traversed by the vehicle, aggregated driving pattern within the area, likelihood of police presence within the area, numbers of traffic stops within the area, accident rate within the area, or average price of ticket cost within the area.

6. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the real-time data includes at least one of:

locations of school zones, locations of construction zones, locations and timing information for traffic signals, and reported locations of traffic enforcement.

7. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the controller is further programmed to

perform predictive analysis on the aggregated data to generate predicted data, wherein the predictive analysis includes one or more of to predict outcomes using data modeling and advanced learning techniques, to generate speeding ticket estimates for a current scenario, or to calculate a probability of receiving a ticket based on the aggregated data.

8. The vehicle of claim 7, wherein the controller is further programmed to perform prescriptive analysis on the predicted data to generate prescriptive data which includes relevant suggestions.

9. The vehicle of claim 8, wherein the controller is further programmed to output at least one of:

an alert elevation level, a cost estimate, or an alert factor.

10. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the in-vehicle output device includes at least one of:

a display, a head-up display (HUD), or a speaker.

11. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the controller is further programmed to wirelessly send the alert to the outside-vehicle output device via a telematics control unit (TCU) through a wireless network.

12. A method for a vehicle, comprising:

collecting input data including at least one of;

user history data, area history data, or real-time data;

responsive to detecting the vehicle is speeding, generating an alert impact factor based on the input data;

outputting an alert via an in-vehicle output device based on the alert impact factor;

responsive to detecting a user failing to respond, increasing the alert impact factor and sending the alert to a mobile device associated with the user wirelessly connected to the vehicle for vibration output from the mobile device based on the alert factor as increased; and

responsive to detecting the user further failing to respond, further increasing the alert factor and sending the alert to an outside-vehicle output device based on the alert factor as further increased.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

performing aggregated analysis on the input data to generate aggregated data that summarizes the input data, wherein the aggregated analysis includes one or more of to calculate a number of counts of violations, average traffic fine, time and date of traffic stops in a predefined area.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

performing predictive analysis on the aggregated data to generate predicted data, wherein the predictive analysis includes one or more of to predict outcomes using data modeling and advanced learning techniques, to generate speeding ticket estimates for a current scenario, or to calculate a probability of receiving a ticket based on the aggregated data.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

performing prescriptive analysis on the predicted data to generate prescriptive data which includes relevant suggestions.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the user history data includes at least one of:

vehicle usage patterns, response to past alerts of a user, user driving record, user points, user age, user financial situation, or user family relationship.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the area history data includes at least one of:

number of accidents, aggregated driving pattern, likelihood of police presence, numbers of traffic stops, accident rate, or average price of ticket cost of a predefined area.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the real-time data includes at least one of:

school zones, construction zones, traffic signals, reported police locations.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving an outside-vehicle feedback from the outside-vehicle output device.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of a vehicle, cause the vehicle to:

responsive to detecting a speeding event, generate an alert factor and send an alert to an in-vehicle output device based on the alert factor;

responsive to detecting a user failing to respond, increase the alert factor and send the alert to an outside-vehicle output device for output based on the factor as increased;

responsive to detecting the user further failing to respond, further increase the alert factor and send the alert to a mobile device for output based on the alert factor as further increased;

receive input including at least one of;

user history data, area history data, or real-time data;

perform aggregated analysis on the input to generate aggregated data that summarizes the input, wherein the aggregated analysis includes one or more of to calculate a number of counts of violations, average traffic fine, time and date of traffic stops in a predefined area;

perform predictive analysis on the aggregated data to generate predicted data, wherein the predictive analysis includes one or more of to predict outcomes using data modeling and advanced learning techniques, to generate speeding ticket estimates for a current scenario, or to calculate a probability of receiving a ticket based on the aggregated data; and

perform prescriptive analysis on the predicted data to generate prescriptive data which includes relevant suggestions.