Vehicle operator performance history recording, scoring and reporting systems
First Claim
1. A system configured to determine a vehicle operator performance measure, the system comprising:
- an operator identity system located remotely from the vehicle configured to receive entry and/or selection of operator identity information by operators of the vehicle that identifies periods of time individual operators operate the vehicle, the operator identity information including first operator identity information that identifies a first period of time a first operator operates the vehicle;
an associator configured to;
receive the first operator identity information;
receive event records that include information related to vehicle operation and/or performance during corresponding vehicle events that occur during operation of the vehicle, the event records including a first event record that corresponds to a first vehicle event and a second event record that corresponds to a second vehicle event;
associate the event records and the operator identity information such that, by virtue of the first vehicle event and the second vehicle event occurring during the first period of time the first operator operates the vehicle, the first event record is associated with the first operator identity information for the first operator via a first association, and the second event record is associated with the first operator identity information for the first operator via a second association;
form datasets comprising the operator identity information and the associated event records such that a first dataset includes the first operator identity information and the first associated event record, and a second dataset includes the first operator identity information and the second associated event record; and
transmit the datasets to a data store that is located remotely from the vehicle; and
an analyzer configured to retrieve the datasets from the data store and analyze the datasets, including the first dataset and the second dataset, to determine a vehicle operator performance measure for the first operator.
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Abstract
Vehicle operator performance history recording and reporting systems include devices and methods of automatically collecting and processing vehicle crash or event data over time to form a driver history report. A driver history report may include many factors to express performance or quality of driver service, and these may be reduced to a single value normalized expression in view of a collection of many drivers. Vehicle event recorders are arranged to capture data relating to a particular event. These vehicle event recorders are further coupled to systems which form an association between collected data and the vehicle operator in command of the vehicle at the event moment. Systems provide means for long-term storage of data particularly data in a structure which preserves the association between a driver and event records attributed to him/her. Special recall operations executed against stored data yields operator performance reporting—including a single value performance score indicative of a vehicle operator'"'"'s performance and safety history. An analyzer system operates to recall data, particularly data from a plurality of events all associated with a single operator but recorded over an extended period of time. Data is arranged such that other mathematical analysis may be applied independently to various data elements or data “fields” to produce performance metrics and ratios which reflect performance. Together, these factors may each be weighted and summed in accordance with specially devised a formulae including those having a single value solution.
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33 Claims
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1. A system configured to determine a vehicle operator performance measure, the system comprising:
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an operator identity system located remotely from the vehicle configured to receive entry and/or selection of operator identity information by operators of the vehicle that identifies periods of time individual operators operate the vehicle, the operator identity information including first operator identity information that identifies a first period of time a first operator operates the vehicle; an associator configured to; receive the first operator identity information; receive event records that include information related to vehicle operation and/or performance during corresponding vehicle events that occur during operation of the vehicle, the event records including a first event record that corresponds to a first vehicle event and a second event record that corresponds to a second vehicle event; associate the event records and the operator identity information such that, by virtue of the first vehicle event and the second vehicle event occurring during the first period of time the first operator operates the vehicle, the first event record is associated with the first operator identity information for the first operator via a first association, and the second event record is associated with the first operator identity information for the first operator via a second association; form datasets comprising the operator identity information and the associated event records such that a first dataset includes the first operator identity information and the first associated event record, and a second dataset includes the first operator identity information and the second associated event record; and transmit the datasets to a data store that is located remotely from the vehicle; and an analyzer configured to retrieve the datasets from the data store and analyze the datasets, including the first dataset and the second dataset, to determine a vehicle operator performance measure for the first operator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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11. A method for determining a vehicle operator performance measure with a determination system, the determination system comprising an associator, an operator identity system, and an analyzer, the method comprising:
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receiving, with one or more processors of the associator, an event record, the event record including information related to vehicle operation and/or performance during a corresponding vehicle event that occurs during operation of the vehicle; receiving, with one or more processors of the operator identity system, operator identity information, wherein receiving operator identity information includes receiving entry and/or selection of operator identity information by operators of the vehicle via an interface located remotely from the vehicle that identifies periods of time individual operators operate the vehicle, the operator identity information including first operator identity information that identifies a first period of time that a first operator operates the vehicle; associating, with the one or more processors of the associator, the received event record and the received operator identity information such that, by virtue of the vehicle event occurring during the first period of time, the event record is associated with the first operator identity information for the first operator; forming, with the one or more processors of the associator, a dataset record comprising the event record and the associated first operator identity information; storing, with the one or more processors of the associator, said dataset record in a database with other dataset records; recalling, with one or more processors of the analyzer, a plurality of dataset records from said database; applying, with the one or more processors of the analyzer, a mathematical analysis upon elements of the dataset records; and providing, with the one or more processors of the analyzer, an output report based upon results of the applied mathematical analysis. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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