Driver log generation

• US 9,589,393 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2015
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
• Inventors: Botnen, Joshua Donald
• Primary Examiner(s): LANG, MICHAEL DEAN
• Application Number:
  US14/698,283
• Publication Number:
  US 20150243111A1
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/02 Registering or indicating driving, working, idle, or waiting time only apparatus forming part of taximeters G07B13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers

Abstract

A system for determining a driver log entry comprises a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to determine a log start time. The processor is configured to determine a driver identity after the log start time. The processor is configured to determine whether a change to the driver identity has occurred based at least in part on a sensor data. In the event that the driver identity has changed, the processor is configured to determine a log stop time and determine a driver log entry using the log start time, the driver identity, and the log stop time.

Claims

1. A system for determining a driver log entry, comprising:

an interface configured to receive sensor data from a vehicle;

a processor configured to;

determine a log start time based at least in part on activation of an ignition;

determine automatically a driver identity based at least in part on a voice identifier;

determine automatically whether a change to the driver identity has occurred based at least in part on the sensor data, wherein the change to the driver identity includes a change in personnel operating the vehicle and the sensor data includes a drive maneuver signature, the drive maneuver signature including measurable characteristic behaviors associated with performing a drive maneuver while the vehicle is in motion; and

in the event that the driver identity has changed,

determine a log stop time based on a point in time when the driver identity changed;

automatically generate a driver log entry including an association of the automatically determined driver identity with the driving data collected between the log start time and the log stop time; and

store the driver log entry.

2. The system as in claim 1, wherein the driver identity is associated with an hour of service data based at least in part on the log start time and the log stop time.

3. The system as in claim 1, wherein sensor data associated with the driver identity comprises one or more of the following:

a trip start time, a trip end time, a trip route, and a trip duration.

4. The system as in claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises a drive event.

5. The system as in claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises a drive performance assessment.

6. The system as in claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises a safety performance.

7. The system as in claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises a fuel efficiency performance.

8. The system as in claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises a rule or a policy compliance performance.

9. The system as in claim 1, wherein the log start time and the log stop time include a time of day and a date.

10. The system as in claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises a measurement of one or more of the following:

an ignition on state, an ignition off state, a power on state, a power off state, an engine on state, an engine off state, and a detected driver weight state.

11. The system as in claim 1, wherein determining the driver identity is based at least in part on a biometric identifier.

12. The system as in claim 11, wherein the biometric identifier comprises one or more of the following:

a fingerprint identifier, a facial feature identifier, and a retina identifier.

13. The system as in claim 1, wherein determining the driver identity is based at least in part on an identification badge.

14. The system as in claim 13, wherein the identification badge includes a radio frequency identification badge.

17. The system as in claim 1, wherein the automatic determination of a change to the driver identity is based on recognition of at least one of:

a new face, a new identifier badge, a driving manner, and a driving weight.

18. The system as in claim 1, wherein the drive maneuver signature includes a pattern by which the driver handles the vehicle at a specific geolocation.

15. A method for determining a driver log entry, comprising:

receiving sensor data from a vehicle;

determining a log start time based at least in part on activation of an ignition;

determining automatically a driver identity based at least in part on a voice identifier;

determining automatically, using a processor, whether a change to the driver identity has occurred based at least in part on the sensor data, wherein the change to the driver identity includes a change in personnel operating the vehicle and the sensor data includes a drive maneuver signature, the drive maneuver signature including measurable characteristic behaviors associated with performing a drive maneuver while the vehicle is in motion; and

in the event that the driver identity has changed,

determining a log stop time based on a point in time when the driver identity changed;

automatically generating a driver log entry including an association of the automatically determined driver identity with the driving data collected between the log start time and the log stop time; and

storing the driver log entry.

16. A computer program product for determining a driver log entry, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving sensor data from a vehicle;

determining a log start time based at least in part on activation of an ignition;

determining automatically a driver identity based at least in part on a voice identifier;

determining, automatically using a processor, whether a change to the driver identity has occurred based at least in part on the sensor data, wherein the change to the driver identity includes a change in personnel operating the vehicle and the sensor data a drive maneuver signature, the drive maneuver signature including measurable characteristic behaviors associated with performing a drive maneuver while the vehicle is in motion; and

in the event that the driver identity has changed,

determining a log stop time based on a point in time when the driver identity changed;

automatically generating a driver log entry including an association of the automatically determined driver identity with the driving data collected between the log start time and the log stop time; and

storing the driver log entry.