Systems and methods for scoring driving trips

• US 11,072,339 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2017
• Issued: 07/27/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cambridge Mobile Telematics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Truemotion, Inc.
• Inventors: Cordova, Brad, Finegold, Rafi, Shiebler, Dan, Cecala, Sam
• Primary Examiner(s): Fletcher, Jerry-Daryl
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zaman, Sadaruz
• Application Number:
  US15/615,579
• Publication Number:
  US 20170349182A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,512 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/043 Identity of occupants
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/55 using telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0858 wherein the data carrier is removable
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/167 Control of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention utilize mobile devices to provide information on a user'"'"'s behaviors during transportation. For example, a mobile device carried by a user can be used to detect and analyze driving behaviors during trips in vehicles. The mobile device can further be used to assign and display scores relating to the driving behaviors, scores for individual trips, and an overall driving score for the particular user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining sensor measurements at a measurement rate from one or more sensors of a mobile device in a vehicle during a trip;

identifying a user of the mobile device in the vehicle as a driver of the vehicle during the trip;

monitoring, by the mobile device, behaviors associated with the mobile device during the trip in the vehicle using the sensor measurements, the behaviors comprising braking behaviors, acceleration behaviors, mobile device usage behaviors, and speeding behaviors;

computing, by the mobile device, a braking score using the braking behaviors, an acceleration score using the acceleration behaviors, a mobile device usage score using the mobile device usage behaviors, and a speeding score using the speeding behaviors;

aggregating, by the mobile device, the braking score, the acceleration score, the mobile device usage score, and the speeding score to determine a trip score for the trip in the vehicle; and

updating the obtaining of the sensor measurements for a subsequent trip in the vehicle based on the trip score, wherein updating the obtaining of the sensor measurements comprises;

adjusting the measurement rate for the sensor measurements for the subsequent trip, or selecting a different one or more sensors of the mobile device for the sensor measurements for the subsequent trip.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

combining the trip score for the trip in the vehicle with other trip scores associated with other trips in which the user of the mobile device is the driver of the vehicle to determine an overall score for the user of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein if a trip distance associated with the trip in the vehicle is above a threshold distance, scaling the braking behaviors, the acceleration behaviors, the mobile device usage behaviors, and the speeding behaviors down to the threshold distance.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein an overall distance associated with the trip and the other trips is at or below a threshold overall distance.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein aggregating the braking score, the acceleration score, the mobile device usage score, and the speeding score comprises:

weighting the braking score, the acceleration score, the mobile device usage score, and the speeding score; and

combining the weighted braking score, the weighted acceleration score, the weighted mobile device usage score, and the weighted speeding score.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

comparing the trip score for the trip in the vehicle with other trip scores associated with other trips in which other users of other mobile devices are driving other vehicles; and

curving the tri score and the other trip scores to be centered at a selected score.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein computing the braking score using the braking behaviors comprises:

comparing the braking behaviors during the trip in the vehicle to other braking behaviors during other trips by other users in other vehicles.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein comparing the braking behaviors to other braking behaviors comprises:

counting a number of hard braking events during the trip in the vehicle, wherein hard braking events are indicated by a deceleration measured by the one or more sensors of the mobile device being greater in magnitude than a threshold deceleration; and

comparing the number of hard braking events during the trip in the vehicle to other numbers of hard braking events during other trips by other users in other vehicles.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein computing the acceleration score using the acceleration behaviors comprises:

comparing the acceleration behaviors during the trip in the vehicle to other acceleration behaviors during other trips by other users in other vehicles.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein comparing the acceleration behaviors to other acceleration behaviors comprises:

counting a number of rapid acceleration events during the trip in the vehicle, wherein rapid acceleration events are indicated by an acceleration of the mobile device measured by the one or more sensors of the mobile device being greater in magnitude than a threshold acceleration; and

comparing the number of rapid acceleration events during the trip in the vehicle to other numbers of rapid acceleration events during other trips by other users in other vehicles.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein computing the mobile device usage score using the mobile device usage behaviors comprises:

comparing the mobile device usage behaviors during the trip in the vehicle to other mobile device usage behaviors during other trips by other users in other vehicles.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein comparing the mobile device usage behaviors to other mobile device usage comprises:

determining a mobile device usage percentage indicated by a percentage of the trip in the vehicle during which the user is interacting with the mobile device; and

comparing the mobile device usage percentage to other mobile device usage percentages for other trips by other users in other vehicles.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein computing the speeding score using the speeding behaviors comprises:

comparing the speeding behaviors during the trip in the vehicle to other speeding behaviors during other trips by other users in other vehicles.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein comparing the speeding behaviors to other speeding behaviors comprises:

determining a speeding percentage indicated by a percentage of the trip in the vehicle during which the vehicle is speeding; and

comparing the speeding percentage to other speeding percentages for other trips by other users in other vehicles.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the measurement rate comprises:

increasing the measurement rate based on the trip score being below a first threshold;

or

decreasing the measurement rate based on the trip score being above a second threshold.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device usage behaviors are monitored based on monitoring a relative movement of the mobile device with respect to the vehicle.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the braking score, the acceleration score, the mobile device usage score, and the speeding score are scaled based on a distance of the trip;

and

wherein the trip score is computed based on aggregating the scaled braking score, the scaled acceleration score, the scaled mobile device usage score, and the scaled speeding score.

15. A mobile device comprising:

a plurality of sensors;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to perform operations including;

obtaining sensor measurements at a measurement rate from one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors of the mobile device in a vehicle during a trip;

identifying a user of the mobile device in the vehicle as a driver of the vehicle during the trip;

monitoring, by the mobile device, behaviors associated with the mobile device during the trip in the vehicle using the sensor measurements, the behaviors comprising braking behaviors, acceleration behaviors, mobile device usage behaviors, and speeding behaviors;

computing, by the mobile device, a braking score using the braking behaviors, an acceleration score using the acceleration behaviors, a mobile device usage score using the mobile device usage behaviors, and a speeding score using the speeding behaviors;

aggregating, by the mobile device, the braking score, the acceleration score, the mobile device usage score, and the speeding score to determine a trip score for the trip in the vehicle; and

updating the obtaining of the sensor measurements for a subsequent trip in the vehicle based on the trip score, wherein updating the obtaining of the sensor measurements comprises;

adjusting the measurement rate for the sensor measurements for the subsequent trip, or selecting a different one or more sensors of the plurality of sensors of the mobile device for the sensor measurements for the subsequent trip.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the operations further include:

combining the trip score for the trip in the vehicle with other trip scores associated with other trips in which the user of the mobile device is the driver of the vehicle to determine an overall score for the user of the mobile device.

17. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein if a trip distance associated with the trip in the vehicle is above a threshold distance, scaling the braking behaviors, the acceleration behaviors, the mobile device usage behaviors, and the speeding behaviors down to the threshold distance.

18. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein an overall distance associated with the trip and the other trips is at or below a threshold overall distance.

19. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein aggregating the braking score, the acceleration score, the mobile device usage score, and the speeding score comprises:

weighting the braking score, the acceleration score, the mobile device usage score, and the speeding score; and

combining the weighted braking score, the weighted acceleration score, the weighted mobile device usage score, and the weighted speeding score.

20. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the operations further include:

comparing the trip score for the trip in the vehicle with other trip scores associated with other trips in which other users of other mobile devices are driving other vehicles; and

curving the trip score and the other trip scores to be centered at a selected score.