Modifying driving behavior

• US 10,839,716 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2016
• Issued: 11/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Arquero, Gregg M., Dow, Eli M., Hossain, Syed F., Schaeffer, Joshua A., Tang, Yunli
• Primary Examiner(s): Bullington, Robert P
• Application Number:
  US15/335,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20180122259A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,482 Days
• Field of Search: 434 66
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/167 Control of land vehicles

Abstract

Embodiments include methods, systems, and computer program products for modifying driving behavior. Aspects include obtaining driving data for a driver. Then developing, by a processor, a driving profile based on the driving data for the driver, wherein the driving profile includes one or more driving behaviors. Aspects also include obtaining location data for the driver and obtaining a set of driving rules from one or more databases based upon the location data for the driver. Additionally, aspects include comparing, by the processor, the driving profile to the set of driving rules to derive a set of suggested driving changes.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for modifying driving behavior, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a processor operating an accelerometer associated with a motor vehicle, driving data for a driver of the motor vehicle, wherein the accelerometer is configured to obtain acceleration data for the motor vehicle;

developing, by the processor, a driving profile based on the driving data for the driver, wherein the driving profile comprises one or more driving behaviors of the driver, wherein the one or more driving behaviors of the driver comprise driving habits exhibited by the driver over a threshold number of times;

obtaining, via a global positioning sensor (GPS), location data for the driver, the location data comprising a location of the vehicle within a geographical region;

determining a set of driving rules from one or more databases, wherein the set of driving rules comprise traffic rules data associated with the location of the vehicle within the geographical region, wherein the traffic rules data comprises historical traffic tickets issued within the geographical region;

comparing, by the processor, the one or more driving behaviors to the set of driving rules to derive a set of suggested driving habit changes;

displaying, on a dashboard display in the motor vehicle, the set of suggested driving habit changes;

continuously obtaining, via the accelerometer, additional acceleration data associated with the driver;

determining, by the processor, a predicted action of the driver based at least in part on the additional acceleration data and the driver profile; and

generating an alert to the driver based on a determination that the predicted action conflicts with the set of suggested driving habit changes, wherein the alert comprises a vibration of the steering wheel, and wherein the alert is sent to the driver prior to the driver taking the predicted action.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the driver is a first driver, the driving profile is a first driving profile, the set of driving rules is a first set of driving rules, and the set of suggested driving habit changes is a first set of suggest driving habit changes, further comprising:

obtaining a second driving data for a second driver;

developing a second driving profile based on the second driving data for the second driver;

obtaining second location data for the second driver;

obtaining a second set of driving rules data from the one or more databases based upon the second location data for the second driver; and

comparing the second driving profile to the second set of driving rules data to derive a second set of suggested driving changes.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

monitoring the location data of the driver; and

updating the set of driving rules based on the location data.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending one or more alerts to the driver based on the set of suggested driving habits changes.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more alerts comprise at least one of a visual alert, an audio alert, or a haptic alert.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the driving data is obtained by one or more sensors communicatively coupled to a vehicle of the driver.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the one or more sensors comprise at least one of a camera, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, or a biometric sensor.

8. A computer system for modifying driving behavior, the computer system including a server having a processor, the processor configured to:

obtain, by the processor operating an accelerometer associated with a motor vehicle, driving data for a driver of the motor-a vehicle, wherein the accelerometer is configured to obtain acceleration data for the motor vehicle;

develop a driving profile based on the driving data for the driver, wherein the driving profile comprises one or more driving behaviors of the driver, wherein the one or more driving behaviors of the driver comprise driving habits exhibited by the driver over a threshold number of times;

obtain, via a global positioning sensor (GPS), location data for the driver, the location data comprising a location of the vehicle within a geographical region;

determine a set of driving rules from one or more databases, wherein the set of driving rules comprise traffic rules data associated with the location of the vehicle within the geographical region, wherein the traffic rules data comprises historical traffic tickets issued within the geographical region;

compare the one or more driving behaviors to the set of driving rules to derive a set of suggested driving habit changes;

display, on a dashboard display in the motor vehicle, the set of suggested driving habit changes;

continuously obtain, via the accelerometer, additional acceleration data associated with the driver;

determine predicted action of the driver based at least in part on the additional acceleration data and the driver profile; and

generate an alert to the driver based on a determination that the predicted action conflicts with the set of suggested driving habit changes, wherein the alert comprises a vibration of the steering wheel, and wherein the alert is sent to the driver prior to the driver taking the predicted action.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the driver is a first driver, the driving profile is a first driving profile, the set of driving rules is a first set of driving rules, and the set of suggested driving habit changes is a first set of suggest driving habit changes, wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain a second driving data for a second driver;

develop a second driving profile based on the second driving data for the second driver;

obtain second location data for the second driver;

obtain a second set of driving rules data from the one or more databases based upon the second location data for the second driver; and

compare the second driving profile to the second set of driving rules data to derive a second set of suggested driving changes.

10. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

monitor the location data of the driver; and

update the set of driving rules based on the location data.

11. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to:

send one or more alerts to the driver based on the set of suggested driving habit changes.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the one or more alerts comprise at least one of a visual alert, an audio alert, or a haptic alert.

13. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the driving data is obtained by one or more sensors communicatively coupled to a vehicle of the driver.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the one or more sensors comprise at least one of a camera, a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, or a biometric sensor.

15. A computer program product for modifying driving behavior, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform:

obtaining, by the processor operating an accelerometer associated with a motor vehicle, driving data for a driver of the motor vehicle, wherein the accelerometer is configured to obtain acceleration data for the motor vehicle;

developing, by the processor, a driving profile based on the driving data for the driver, wherein the driving profile comprises one or more driving behaviors of the driver, wherein the one or more driving behaviors of the driver comprise driving habits exhibited by the driver over a threshold number of times;

obtaining, via a global positioning sensor (GPS), location data for the driver, the location data comprising a location of the vehicle within a geographical region;

determining a set of driving rules from one or more databases, wherein the set of driving rules comprise traffic rules data associated with the location of the vehicle within the geographical region, wherein the traffic rules data comprises historical traffic tickets issued within the geographical region;

comparing the one or more driving behaviors to the set of driving rules to derive a set of suggested driving habit changes;

displaying, on a dashboard display in the motor vehicle, the set of suggested driving habit changes;

continuously obtaining, via the accelerometer, additional acceleration data associated with the driver;

determining, by the processor, a predicted action of the driver based at least in part on the additional acceleration data and the driver profile; and

generating an alert to the driver based on a determination that the predicted action conflicts with the set of suggested driving habit changes, wherein the alert comprises a vibration of the steering wheel, and wherein the alert is sent to the driver prior to the driver taking the predicted action.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the driver is a first driver, the driving profile is a first driving profile, the set of driving rules is a first set of driving rules, and the set of suggested driving habit changes is a first set of suggest driving habit changes, wherein the program instructions executable by the processor cause the processor to further perform:

obtaining a second driving data for a second driver;

developing a second driving profile based on the second driving data for the second driver;

obtaining second location data for the second driver;

obtaining a second set of driving rules data from the one or more databases based upon the second location data for the second driver; and

comparing the second driving profile to the second set of driving rules data to derive a second set of suggested driving changes.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the program instructions executable by the processor cause the processor to further perform:

monitoring the location data of the driver; and

updating the set of driving rules based on the location data.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the program instructions executable by the processor cause the processor to further perform:

sending one or more alerts to the driver based on the set of suggested driving habit changes.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the one or more alerts comprise at least one of a visual alert, an audio alert, or a haptic alert.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the driving data is obtained by one or more sensors communicatively coupled to a vehicle of the driver.