System and method for evaluating vehicle and operator performance

• US 20040254698A1
• Filed: 05/13/2004
• Published: 12/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Speedgauge Incorporated (Pelmorex, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Speedgauge Incorporated (Pelmorex, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kantarjiev, Christopher, Tash, Jonathan, Hubbard, Jonathan, Reid, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 7,356,392 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/35
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0104 Measuring and analyzing of parameters relative to traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/127 to a central station ; Indicators in a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of safety management of one or more vehicles, and more particularly, to a system and method for analyzing information relating to a vehicle'"'"'s performance characteristics such as speed against environmental attributes such as speed limits to assess a vehicle and operator'"'"'s tendency to operate according to preset or other criteria.

Claims

1. A system for evaluating performance of a vehicle comprising:

a processor;

an analysis engine configured to analyze data from a database and generate an indication;

a report generator configured to generate evaluation information;

a map database configured to provide map data; and

a vehicle/operator database configured to provide vehicle/operator data.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a client for accessing the processor.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the evaluation information is delivered to the client.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein delivery of the evaluation information occurs over at least a network.

5. The system of claim 3 wherein the processor delivers the evaluation information in response to a client request.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the map data comprises at least one road segment attribute associated with at least one road segment.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising a vehicle wherein vehicle data is generated at the vehicle and transmitted via at least one relay and a network to the processor.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the vehicle data comprises vector data.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein the vehicle data comprises operational data.

10. A method for evaluating vehicle performance comprising:

retrieving map data from a map database;

retrieving vehicle/operator data from a vehicle/operator database;

analyzing the vehicle/operator data against the map data; and

generating evaluation information.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising delivering evaluation information.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein delivery of evaluation information occurs over at least a network.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein delivery of evaluation information occurs in response to a client request.

14. The method of claim 10 further comprising generating vehicle data at a vehicle.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising transmitting the vehicle data to the processor.

16. A method for evaluating vehicle performance comprising:

generating vehicle data;

transmitting the vehicle data to a processor;

retrieving map data from a map database;

analyzing the vehicle data against the map data; and

generating evaluation information.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein transmitting the vehicle data to a processor occurs over at least a relay and a network.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising delivering evaluation information.

19. A method for evaluating vehicle performance comprising:

retrieving map data from a map database;

attempting to retrieve vehicle/operator data from a vehicle/operator database;

determining the vehicle/operator data is not available;

requesting vehicle data from a vehicle;

transmitting the vehicle data to a processor;

analyzing the vehicle data against the map data; and

generating evaluation information.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein requesting vehicle data occurs over at least a relay and a network.