APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING DRIVING DATA, AND VEHICLE SYSTEM

• US 20200134941A1
• Filed: 06/03/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Kim, Jung Wan
• Granted Patent: US 11,238,677 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a driving data analyzing apparatus and method, and a vehicle system. The driving data analyzing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a database (DB) storing a data matrix for each of a plurality of sections predetermined on a road of a map, a controller storing driving data received from vehicles passing through each of the plurality of sections in a data matrix of a corresponding section. The controller is configured to analyze a driving abnormality state of a vehicle passing through the corresponding section based on a mean value of the driving data stored in the data matrix of the corresponding section.

Claims

1. A driving data analyzing apparatus comprising:

a database (DB) configured to store a data matrix for each of a plurality of sections predetermined on a road of a map;

a controller configured to store driving data received from vehicles passing through each of the plurality of sections in the data matrix of a corresponding section,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

analyze a driving abnormality state of a vehicle passing through the corresponding section based on a mean value of the driving data stored in the data matrix of the corresponding section.

2. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data matrix is classified into a plurality of data matrices for each of the plurality of sections depending on a vehicle type and an acceleration or deceleration type of the driving data.

3. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to:

classify a type of each driving data, using the driving data and vehicle information received from each of the vehicles; and

determine a data matrix corresponding to the classified type of each driving data to store the driving data in the corresponding data matrix.

4. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the driving data includes speed, acceleration, steering angle, GPS information, and pressurization information of an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal of the vehicle.

5. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the controller is configured to:

classify the driving data as an acceleration type when the speed of the vehicle is determined to be increasing, and the accelerator pedal is determined to be in a pressurized state; and

classify the driving data as an deceleration type when the speed of the vehicle is determined to be decreasing, and the brake pedal is determined to be in a pressurized state.

6. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:

calculate a mean value of each of speed, acceleration, and steering angle from the driving data stored in each data matrix during a specific time.

7. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller is configured to:

calculate a vector distance between mean values of each of the speed, the acceleration, and the steering angle stored in each data matrix during the specific time and the speed, the acceleration, and the steering angle of the vehicle entering the corresponding section; and

calculate a deviation percentage for the calculated vector distance.

8. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to:

collect failure rate information about a driving or braking function for each vehicle type to compare the failure rate information with the calculated deviation percentage; and

determine the driving abnormality state of the vehicle passing through the corresponding section depending on the comparison result.

9. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to:

detect the driving abnormality state of the vehicle at a predetermined time unit from a first time point when the vehicle enters the corresponding section to a second time point when the vehicle leaves the corresponding section.

10. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to:

when the driving abnormality state of a specific rate or more is continuously detected for the vehicle from the first time point when the vehicle enters the corresponding section to the second time point when the vehicle leaves the corresponding section, store driving abnormality information of the vehicle in a corresponding data matrix.

11. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to:

when the data matrix, which stores the driving abnormality information of the vehicle, from among data matrices corresponding to each section on a driving route of the vehicle is continuously detected more than the specific rate when driving of the vehicle is terminated, determine the driving abnormality state of the vehicle.

12. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to:

when the driving abnormality state of the vehicle is determined, transmit a driving abnormality notification signal to at least one of the vehicle and a terminal registered in advance.

13. A driving data analyzing apparatus comprising:

a DB configured to store a data matrix for each of a plurality of sections predetermined on a road of a map;

a controller configured to store driving data received from vehicles passing through each of the plurality of sections in the data matrix of a corresponding section,

wherein the controller is configured to;

analyze a road abnormality state of the corresponding section based on a mean value of the driving data stored in the data matrix of the corresponding section.

14. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the data matrix is classified into a plurality of data matrices for each of the plurality of sections depending on a vehicle type and an acceleration or deceleration type of the driving data.

15. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller is configured to:

calculate a mean value and a standard deviation of each of speed, acceleration, and steering angle for each of the plurality of sections from the driving data stored in each data matrix during a predetermined time.

16. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to:

compare speed, acceleration, and steering angle of each of the vehicles passing through each of the plurality of sections with mean values of speed, acceleration, and steering angle for each of the plurality of sections to determine the road abnormality state of the corresponding section depending on the comparison result.

17. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to:

when a rate of vehicles that are out of a range of a standard deviation from the mean value of each of speed, acceleration, and steering angle for the corresponding section among speeds, accelerations, and steering angles of each of the vehicles passing through the plurality of sections is not less than a specific rate, detect the road abnormality state of the corresponding section.

18. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to:

when the road abnormality state is detected in continuous sections, the number of which is not less than a specific number, determine the road abnormality state of a corresponding road section.

19. The driving data analyzing apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controller is configured to:

when the road abnormality state of one road section is determined, transmit the road abnormality notification signal to the vehicles that are driving on the corresponding road section or on a road adjacent to the corresponding road section.

20. A method of analyzing driving data, the method comprising:

storing a data matrix for each of a plurality of sections predetermined on a road of a map, in a DB;

storing driving data received from vehicles passing through each of the plurality of sections in a data matrix of a corresponding section; and

analyzing a driving abnormality state of a vehicle passing through the corresponding section, or a road abnormality state of the corresponding section based on a mean value of the driving data stored in the data matrix of the corresponding section.

21. A vehicle system comprising:

a plurality of vehicle terminals configured to collect driving data from a plurality of sensors when driving in a section predetermined on a road; and

a driving data analyzing apparatus, wherein the driving data analyzing apparatus is configured to;

store the driving data received from the plurality of vehicle terminals in a data matrix of the corresponding section; and

analyze a driving abnormality state of a vehicle passing through the corresponding section or a road abnormality state of the corresponding section based on a mean value of the driving data stored in a data matrix of the corresponding section.

22. The vehicle system of claim 21, wherein the vehicle terminal is configured to:

when a driving abnormality notification signal of the vehicle is received from the driving data analyzing apparatus, turn on a warning light.

23. The vehicle system of claim 21, wherein the vehicle terminal is configured to:

when a road abnormality notification signal for one section is received from the driving data analyzing apparatus, guide a road abnormality section through a navigation.