System and method for automatic driver evaluation
First Claim
1. A method of automatically evaluating driving capabilities of a user using a computer system in a simulated environment, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a driving route, selected from a plurality of driving routes, based on a demography associated with the user, wherein the selected driving route includes a plurality of predetermined driving tasks and a predetermined frequency at which the plurality of driving tasks occur;
displaying the selected driving route;
observing simulated driving performance of the user on the selected driving route for a predetermined time period, wherein the driving performance comprises the user'"'"'s decisions in response to the plurality of driving tasks presented in the selected driving route, and wherein the predetermined time period is based on the demography associated with the user;
comparing the user'"'"'s decisions to a required decision for one or more of the plurality of driving tasks presented in the selected driving route;
recording performance errors made by the user while performing the simulated drive, wherein the performance errors are grouped into types; and
comparing the performance errors to at least one threshold value for one or more of the types of performance errors to determine fitness to drive based on the performance errors.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for automatic driver evaluation of a person'"'"'s driving capabilities and render an outcome of pass or fail without the need for a trained observer to evaluate driver'"'"'s performance. In one embodiment, the automatic driver evaluation system facilitates the display of a predetermined driving route designed for a predetermined demography, observe simulated driving performance of a user on the predetermined driving route, record errors made by the user while performing the simulated drive, and compare the performance errors to at least one threshold value and generate a score based on the comparison.
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39 Claims
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1. A method of automatically evaluating driving capabilities of a user using a computer system in a simulated environment, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a driving route, selected from a plurality of driving routes, based on a demography associated with the user, wherein the selected driving route includes a plurality of predetermined driving tasks and a predetermined frequency at which the plurality of driving tasks occur;
displaying the selected driving route; observing simulated driving performance of the user on the selected driving route for a predetermined time period, wherein the driving performance comprises the user'"'"'s decisions in response to the plurality of driving tasks presented in the selected driving route, and wherein the predetermined time period is based on the demography associated with the user; comparing the user'"'"'s decisions to a required decision for one or more of the plurality of driving tasks presented in the selected driving route; recording performance errors made by the user while performing the simulated drive, wherein the performance errors are grouped into types; and comparing the performance errors to at least one threshold value for one or more of the types of performance errors to determine fitness to drive based on the performance errors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- providing a driving route, selected from a plurality of driving routes, based on a demography associated with the user, wherein the selected driving route includes a plurality of predetermined driving tasks and a predetermined frequency at which the plurality of driving tasks occur;
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19. A system for automatically evaluating driving capabilities of a user in a simulated environment comprising:
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a display device configured to display a selected driving route; a control device configured to provide the selected driving route, selected from a plurality of driving routes, based on a demography associated with the user and to observe simulated driving performance of the user on the selected driving route for a predetermined time period, wherein the selected driving route includes a plurality of predetermined driving tasks and a predetermined frequency at which the plurality of driving tasks occur, wherein the driving performance comprises the user'"'"'s decisions in response to the plurality of driving tasks presented in the selected driving route, and wherein the predetermined time period is based on the demography associated with the user; a processor for comparing the user'"'"'s decisions to a required decision for one or more of the plurality of driving tasks presented in the selected driving route; a storage device configured to store performance errors made by the user while performing the simulated drive, wherein the performance errors are grouped into types; and a comparator configured to compare the performance errors to at least one threshold value to determine fitness to drive based on the performance errors. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A non-tangible computer-readable medium having a computer program, the computer program comprising computer instructions for configuring a computer to perform the acts of automatically evaluating driving capabilities of a user, the acts comprising:
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providing a driving route, selected from a plurality of driving routes, based on a demography associated with the user, wherein the selected driving route includes a plurality of predetermined driving tasks and a predetermined frequency at which the plurality of driving tasks occur; displaying the selected driving route, observing simulated driving performance of the user on the selected driving route for a predetermined time period, wherein the driving performance comprises the user'"'"'s decisions in response to the plurality of driving tasks presented in the selected driving route, and wherein the predetermined time period is based on the demography associated with the user; comparing the user'"'"'s decisions to a required decision for one or more of the plurality of driving tasks presented in the selected driving route; recording performance errors made by the user while performing the simulated drive, wherein the performance errors are grouped into types; and comparing the performance errors to at least one threshold value to determine fitness to drive based on the performance errors. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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