System for computer assisted driving lessons

• US 20060057543A1
• Filed: 08/08/2003
• Published: 03/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Best Practice Deployment As
• Original Assignee: Best Practice Deployment As
• Inventors: Roald, Arne
• Application Number:
  US10/523,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20060057543A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/62
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/16 Control of vehicles or other craft simulators G09B9/02

Abstract

A system for computer assisted driving lessons, including a first camera directed forward in the driving direction, a second camera directed at the pupil'"'"'s eyes as well as recording situations behind the vehicle, a sensor for position data, a processing unit arranged for synchronously storing the signals from the cameras and the sensor. Recordings are made at predefined “difficulty” places along a driving route. The recordings can be displayed later in a “summing up” session with the pupil.

Claims

1. A system for computer assisted driving lessons, for installation in a vehicle used for instructions, comprising an electronic processing unit for display, control, recording and storage of data, a first camera directed forward in a driving direction, a second camera directed at a pupils eyes as well as recording situations behind the vehicle, a microphone, a sensor giving position data, wherein the processing unit is being arranged for synchronous recording and storing signals from the cameras, the microphone and the sensor in pre-defined time intervals at pre-defined positions along a driving route.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1,

in wherein a sensor measuring the distance to any vehicle in front of the vehicle used for instructions, the distance sensor is connected to the processing unit for recording of distances.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the sensor for measuring the position of the vehicle is a trip meter.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the sensor for measuring the position of the vehicle is a Global Positioning System receiver.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the processing unit being is arranged for compressing the recorded signals prior to storage.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the processing unit being is arranged for storing an electronic scorecard, for storing marks given to each pupil for each sequence of the training route.

7. A method for computer assisted driving lessons, comprising displaying picture/video-sequences from pre-defined time intervals in pre-defined positions along a pre-defined route as preparation before driving occurs, when driving to record video signals from the same pre-defined route, and after a driving trip displaying the signals recorded during the trip in said pre-defined time intervals in said pre-defined positions.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising manually entering electronic marks at points of particular interest when driving, and after the trip displaying the signals recorded during a pre-defined time interval at said points of particular interest.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the signals are registered with a video camera pointing in a driving direction.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein additional signals are registered with a video camera pointing in a rearward direction, and also recording the eyes of the person driving.

11. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the signals are recorded continuously during the trip.

12. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the signals are recorded in said pre-defined time intervals at said pre-defined positions, and when an electronic mark has been entered.