System and method for providing vehicle driving information

• US 9,168,929 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2013
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kwon, Gideok
• Primary Examiner(s): Jen, Ian
• Application Number:
  US14/142,865
• Publication Number:
  US 20140277830A1
• Time in Patent Office: 667 Days
• Field of Search: 700/1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/105 Longitudinal acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/10 Historical data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction

Abstract

A system and method for providing vehicle driving information are provided. The method includes receiving, by a controller, one or more status variables that indicate a driving pattern of a driver and determining whether the one or more input status variables are within a predetermined error range of a stored potential dangerous section status variable. In addition the method includes determining, by the controller, whether a warning message is output based on a present velocity of the vehicle when the one or more input status variables are within the predetermined error range of the stored potential dangerous section status variable.

Claims

1. A method for providing vehicle driving information, comprising:

receiving, by a controller, one or more status variables indicating a driving pattern of a driver;

determining, by the controller, whether the one or more input status variables are within a predetermined error range of a stored potential dangerous section status variable; and

determining, by the controller, whether a warning message is output based on a present velocity of the vehicle when the one or more input status variables are within the predetermined error range of the stored potential dangerous section status variable,

wherein the one or more status variables are selected from at least one of a group consisting of;

the position of the vehicle, a present time, a time after an engine starts, and a time until the engine starts after the engine stops,

wherein the stored potential dangerous section status variable is stored by;

determining, by the controller, whether the vehicle is rapidly decelerated;

storing, by the controller, one or more status variable at the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle, a vehicle velocity V_P at a time just before the rapid deceleration occurrence time, and a vehicle velocity V_F at a time just after the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle;

retrieving, by the controller, a status variable which is stored in advance; and

storing, by the controller, the one or more status variable, which are within an error range, as the potential dangerous section status variable when at least one of the one or more status variables of the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle is within the predetermined error range of the retrieved status variable,

wherein in determining whether the warning message is output based on the present velocity of the vehicle, the warning message is output, by the controller, when the present velocity of the vehicle is greater than a set velocity V_T, and

wherein the set velocity V_T is an intermediate value of the vehicle velocity V_P at a time just before the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle and the vehicle velocity V_P at a time just after the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more stored status variables are deleted after a set time period has elapsed.

3. A system for providing vehicle driving information, comprising:

a vehicle speed sensor configured to measure a velocity of a vehicle;

a navigation system configured to provide position and time information of the vehicle;

a storage unit configured to one or more status variables, the velocity of the vehicle, and a potential dangerous section status variable;

an output unit configured to output a warning message for a potential dangerous section through a screen or a voice output; and

a controller configured to;

receive one or more status variables indicating a driving pattern of a driver;

determine whether the one or more input status variables are within a predetermined error range of a stored potential dangerous section status variable; and

determine whether a warning message is output based on a present velocity of the vehicle when the one or more input status variables are within the predetermined error range of the stored potential dangerous section status variable,

wherein the one or more status variables are selected from at least one of a group consisting of;

the position of the vehicle, a present time, a time after an engine starts, and a time until the engine starts after the engine stops,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

determining whether the vehicle is rapidly decelerated;

storing one or more status variable at the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle, a vehicle velocity V_P at a time just before the rapid deceleration occurrence time, and a vehicle velocity V_F at a time just after the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle;

retrieving a status variable which is stored in advance; and

storing the one or more status variable, which are within an error range, as the potential dangerous section status variable when at least one of the one or more status variables of the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle is within the predetermined error range of the retrieved status variable,

wherein in determining whether the warning message is output based on the present velocity of the vehicle, the controller is configured to output the warning message when the present velocity of the vehicle is greater than a set velocity V_T, and

wherein the set velocity V_T is an intermediate value of the vehicle velocity V_P at a time just before the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle and the vehicle velocity V_P at a time just after the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the one or more stored status variables are deleted after a set time period has elapsed.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that receive one or more status variables indicating a driving pattern of a driver;

program instructions that determine whether the one or more input status variables are within a predetermined error range of a stored potential dangerous section status variable; and

program instructions that determine whether a warning message is output based on a present velocity of the vehicle when the one or more input status variables are within the predetermined error range of the stored potential dangerous section status variable,

wherein the one or more status variables are selected from at least one of a group consisting of;

the position of the vehicle, a present time, a time after an engine starts, and a time until the engine starts after the engine stops,

wherein the stored potential dangerous section status variable is stored by;

program instructions that determine whether the vehicle is rapidly decelerated;

program instructions that store one or more status variable at the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle, a vehicle velocity V_P at a time just before the rapid deceleration occurrence time, and a vehicle velocity V_F at a time just after the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle;

program instructions that retrieve a status variable which is stored in advance; and

program instructions that store the one or more status variable, which are within an error range, as the potential dangerous section status variable when at least one of the one or more status variables of the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle is within the predetermined error range of the retrieved status variable,

wherein in determining whether the warning message is output based on the present velocity of the vehicle, the controller is configured to output the warning message when the present velocity of the vehicle is greater than a set velocity V_T, and

wherein the set velocity V_T is an intermediate value of the vehicle velocity V_P at a time just before the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle and the vehicle velocity V_P at a time just after the rapid deceleration occurrence time of the vehicle.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5, wherein the one or more stored status variables are deleted after a set time period has elapsed.