Student driver feedback system allowing entry of tagged events by instructors during driving tests

• US 9,847,043 B1
• Filed: 01/29/2016
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm)
• Original Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm)
• Inventors: Fields, Brian Mark, Roberson, Steve, Harish, Abhishek, Lim, Hyunji, Waughtel, Matthew James
• Primary Examiner(s): Dager, Jonathan M
• Application Number:
  US15/010,074
• Time in Patent Office: 690 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0075 Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/10 Historical 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: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/167 Control of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

Tagged driving events may be generated during a driving session from sensor data collected via one or more sensors and/or entered by an instructor. The tagged driving events may include a description of each driving event and its associated severity or weight as it relates to a scoring process as well as a time and/or a location of the driving event. A driving session report may be generated using the tagged driving events and may include a driver feedback score that is weighted based on the severity associated with each of the tagged driving events and/or the collected data, a map of the driving session route that indicates a map location of each tagged driving event, and/or a listing of each tagged driving event. The driving session report may be displayed such that a user may select a tagged driving event to view information associated with the tagged driving event.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, driving data during a driving session;

determining, by one or more processors, an occurrence of a first driving event during the driving session upon receipt of a first user input;

tagging, by one or more processors, the first driving event during the driving session upon receipt of a second user input to add data associated with the first driving event to generate a first tagged driving event,

wherein the driving data and the first tagged driving event constitute driving skill data that is collected during the driving session;

generating, by one or more processors, a driving session report based upon the driving skill data;

displaying, by one or more processors, the driving session report including the first tagged driving event; and

displaying, by one or more processors, the data associated with the first driving event upon receipt of a third user input indicating a selection of the first tagged driving event from the displayed driving session report.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining an occurrence of a second driving event during the driving session based upon a sensor value, which is generated by a sensor, exceeding a threshold value,

wherein the sensor is integrated as part of a mobile computing device that displays the driving session report and is located within a vehicle associated with the driving session, and

wherein the act of displaying the driving session report comprises;

displaying the driving session report including the first tagged driving event and the second driving event.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data associated with the first driving event includes (i) a description of the first driving event, and (ii) an indication of a severity of the first driving event.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the act of generating the driving session report further comprises:

generating a driver feedback score utilizing (i) the driving skill data collected during the driving session, and (ii) the severity of the first driving event, and

wherein the act of displaying the driving session report comprises;

displaying the driver feedback score as part of the driving session report.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the first tagged driving event is from among a plurality of tagged driving events generated during the driving session, the driving data and each of the plurality of tagged driving events constituting the driving skill data that is collected during the driving session, and

wherein the act of displaying the driving session report comprises:

displaying a list of the plurality of tagged driving events, and further comprising;

displaying the description of the first driving event upon receipt of the third user input.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data associated with the first driving event includes a geographic location of the first driving event and a description associated with the first driving event, and

wherein the act of displaying the driving session report comprises:

displaying a map of a route associated with the driving session including the first tagged driving event at the geographic location of the first driving event, and

wherein the act of displaying the data associated with the first driving event comprises;

displaying the description associated with the first driving event upon receipt of the third user input.

7. A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium storing machine readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive driving data during a driving session;

determine an occurrence of a first driving event during the driving session upon receipt of a first user input;

tag the first driving event during the driving session upon receipt of a second user input to add data associated with the first driving event to generate a first tagged driving event,

wherein the driving data and the first tagged driving event constitute driving skill data that is collected during the driving session;

generate a driving session report based upon the driving skill data;

display the driving session report including the first tagged driving event; and

display the data associated with the first driving event upon receipt of a third user input indicating a selection of the first tagged driving event from the displayed driving session report.

8. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium of claim 7, further including instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

determine an occurrence of a second driving event based upon a sensor value, which is generated by a sensor, exceeding a threshold value,

wherein the sensor is integrated as part of a mobile computing device that displays the driving session report and is located within a vehicle associated with the driving session, and

wherein the instructions to display the driving session report further include instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to display the driving session report including the first tagged driving event and the second driving event.

9. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the data associated with the first driving event includes (i) a description of the first driving event, and (ii) an indication of a severity of the first driving event, and

wherein the instructions to generate the driving session report further include instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

generate a driver feedback score utilizing (i) the driving skill data collected during the driving session, and (ii) the severity of the first driving event, and

wherein the instructions to display the driving session report further include instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

display the driver feedback score as part of the driving session report.

10. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the first tagged driving event is from among a plurality of tagged driving events generated during the driving session, the driving data and each of the plurality of tagged driving events tagged constituting the driving skill data that is collected during the driving session, and

wherein the instructions to display the driving session report further include instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

display a list of the plurality of tagged driving events, and further including instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

display the description of the driving event upon receipt of the third user input.

11. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the data associated with the first driving event includes a geographic location of the first driving event and a description associated with the first driving event, and

wherein the instructions to display the driving session report further include instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

display a map of a route associated with the driving session including the first tagged driving event at the geographic location of the first driving event; and

display the description associated with the first driving event upon receipt of the third user input.

12. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive driving data during a driving session;

determine an occurrence of a first driving event during the driving session upon receipt of a first user input;

tag the first driving event during the driving session upon receipt of a second user input to add data associated with the first driving event to generate a first tagged driving event,

wherein the driving data and the first tagged driving event constitute driving skill data that is collected during the driving session; and

generate a driving session report based upon the driving skill data; and

a graphical processing unit (GPU) configured to;

display the driving session report including the first tagged driving event; and

display the data associated with the first driving event upon receipt of a third user input indicating a selection of the first tagged driving event from the displayed driving session report.

13. The mobile computing device of claim 12, further comprising:

a sensor configured to generate sensor values during the driving session,

wherein the processor is further configured to determine an occurrence of a second driving event based upon one of the sensor values exceeding a threshold value, and

wherein the GPU is configured to display the driving session report including the first tagged driving event and the second driving event.

14. The mobile computing device of claim 12, wherein the data associated with the first driving event includes (i) a description of the first driving event, and (ii) an indication of the severity of the first driving event.

15. The mobile computing device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a driver feedback score utilizing (i) the driving skill data collected during the driving session, and (ii) the severity of the first driving event, and

wherein the GPU is further configured to display the driver feedback score as part of the driving session report.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a plurality of tagged driving events during the driving session, the driving data and each of the plurality of tagged driving events constituting the driving skill data that is collected during the driving session, and

wherein the GPU is further configured to display (i) a list of the plurality of tagged driving events, and (ii) the description of the first driving event upon receipt of the third user input.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 12, wherein the data associated with the first driving event includes a geographic location of the first driving event and a description associated with the first driving event, and

wherein the GPU is further configured to (i) display a map of a route associated with the driving session including the first tagged driving event at the geographic location of the first driving event, and (ii) display the description associated with the first driving event upon receipt of the third user input.