Fleet alert system

• US 10,486,591 B1
• Filed: 01/16/2019
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Mezaael, Abraham
• Primary Examiner(s): Akki, Munear T
• Application Number:
  US16/249,487
• Time in Patent Office: 314 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/00 Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 , e.g. haptic signalling
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A vehicle includes a controller programmed to responsive to detecting a predefined event indicative of a hazardous condition, adjust a threshold for an alert corresponding to the event based on one or more entries related to an operation of the vehicle and associated with the event; and responsive to adjusting the threshold, output the alert in a method corresponding to the threshold as adjusted.

Claims

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a controller programmed to calculate a configuration value check entry using data received from fleet vehicles located within a geofence associated with the vehicle;

responsive to detecting a predefined event indicative of a hazardous condition, adjust a threshold for an alert corresponding to the event based on one or more entries including the configuration value check entry, related to an operation of the vehicle and associated with the event; and

responsive to adjusting the threshold, output the alert in a method corresponding to the threshold as adjusted;

wherein the one or more entries further include at least one of a driver score entry, or an event intent by user entry.

2. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the one or more entries further include at least one of:

a vehicle type entry, a driver score entry, a road driving type entry, an event intent by user entry, a vehicle occupancy entry, or a destination purpose entry.

3. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the controller is further programmed to calculate the driver score entry via data collected from one or more sensors or one or more vehicle electronic control units (ECUs) using predefined algorithm.

4. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the controller is further programmed to

upload the driver score entry for a driver to a cloud via a telematics control unit (TCU);

and

download the driver score entry for the driver from a cloud via a mobile device.

5. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the controller is further programmed to verify the event intent by user entry via an image data captured by a camera.

6. The vehicle of claim 5, wherein the image data captured by the camera involves a sign with predefined meaning recognizable by the controller.

7. The vehicle of claim 2, wherein the controller is further programmed to

detect the destination purpose entry using location data received from global navigation satellite system (GNSS) controller.

8. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the event includes at least one of:

a harsh braking event, a harsh acceleration event, a harsh cornering event, an oversteer event, an understeer event, an excessive idling event, a changing lanes too quickly event, a high revolution-per-minute (RPM) event, a door open while not in Park event, or an excessive speeding event.

9. The vehicle of claim 8, wherein each event is associate with one or more entries under a predefined configuration.

10. A device, connected to a network of a vehicle, comprising:

a processor, programmed to

calculate a configuration value check entry using data received from fleet vehicles located within a geofence associated with the vehicle;

responsive to detecting a predefined event indicative of a hazardous condition via a signal received from the network, adjust a threshold for an alert corresponding to the event based on one or more entries including the configuration value check entry, related to an operation of the vehicle and associated with the event; and

responsive to adjusting the threshold, output the alert in a method corresponding to the threshold as adjusted,

wherein the one or more entries further include at least one of a driver score entry, or an event intent by user entry.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further programmed to calculate the driver score entry via data collected from one or more sensors or one or more vehicle ECUs using predefined algorithm.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further programmed to

verify the event intent by user entry via an image data captured by a camera indicative of a sign with predefined meaning recognizable by the processor.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further programmed to

upload the driver score entry for a driver to a cloud via a TCU;

and

download the driver score entry for the driver from a cloud via a mobile device.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein the one or more entries further include at least one of:

a vehicle type entry, a road driving type entry, a vehicle occupancy entry, or a destination purpose entry.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further programmed to

detect the destination purpose entry using location data received from global navigation satellite system (GNSS) controller.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein the event includes at least one of:

a harsh braking event, a harsh acceleration event, a harsh cornering event, an oversteer event, an understeer event, an excessive idling event, a changing lanes too quickly event, a high revolution-per-minute (RPM) event, a door open while not in Park event, or an excessive speeding event.

17. A method for a vehicle, comprising:

calculate a configuration value check entry using data received from fleet vehicles located within a geofence associated with the vehicle;

detecting a predefined event indicative of a hazardous condition via a signal received from one or more vehicle sensors;

adjusting a threshold for an alert corresponding to the event based on one or more entries including the configuration value check entry, related to an operation of the vehicle and associated with the event; and

outputting the alert in a method corresponding to the threshold as adjusted,

wherein the one or more entries further include at least one of;

a vehicle type entry, a driver score entry, a road driving type entry, an event intent by user entry, a vehicle occupancy entry, or a destination purpose entry.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the event includes at least one of:

a harsh braking event, a harsh acceleration event, a harsh cornering event, an oversteer event, an understeer event, an excessive idling event, a changing lanes too quickly event, a high revolution-per-minute (RPM) event, a door open while not in Park event, or an excessive speeding event.