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Method and system for automatically identifying a driver by creating a unique driver profile for a vehicle from driving habits

  • US 9,418,491 B2
  • Filed: 09/22/2014
  • Issued: 08/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable vehicle on-board diagnostics (OBD) apparatus for identifying a driver of a vehicle, comprising in combination:

  • a case component including a first side comprising a male connector and a second side of the case component including a second interface;

    the male connector including a plurality of pins for connecting to a female on-board diagnostic series 2 (OBD-2) port integral to a vehicle with a plurality of electronic receptacles for receiving the plurality of pins from the male connector;

    the second interface including a second type of connector for securely providing a unique driver profile and electronic information from a plurality of electronic signals from a plurality of individual components of the vehicle to an external device with one or more processors;

    an electronic circuit including one or more processors inside the case component connected to the male connector, the second connector and a non-transitory computer readable medium, configured for automatically creating and storing the unique driver profile for a driver of the vehicle from the electronic information received from the plurality of electronic signals from the plurality of individual components of the vehicle configured by the driver of the vehicle and received as a result of the driver operating the vehicle and stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium;

    the non-transitory computer readable medium connected to the electronic circuit for the storing the created unique driver profile and for storing the electronic information received from the plurality of electronic signals from the plurality of individual components of the vehicle uniquely configured by the driver of the vehicle and received as the result of the driver operating the vehicle including unique driving habits and behavior of the driver and physical positions of selected ones of the plurality of individual components of the vehicle configured by the driver in a passenger compartment of the vehicle when driving the vehicle; and

    the electronic circuit further comprising accepting a plurality of new electronic signals from the plurality of individual components of the vehicle for a second driver driving the vehicle and comparing the accepted plurality of new electronic signals to the created and stored unique driver profile including the unique driving habits and behavior of the driver and using the created and stored unique driver profile to positively identify the second driver as the driver or another driver, thereby preventing the second driver as being falsely identified as the driver when the second driver drives the vehicle including the created and stored unique driving habits and behavior for the driver and the physical positions of the selected ones of the plurality of individual components of the vehicle configured by the driver in the passenger compartment of the vehicle when driving the vehicle.

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