DRIVING SKILL RECOGNITION BASED ON STOP-AND-GO DRIVING BEHAVIOR
First Claim
1. A method for determining a vehicle driver'"'"'s driving skill based on driver stop and go driving behavior, said method comprising:
- determining whether the vehicle is in a braking maneuver;
determining a vehicle longitudinal deceleration if the vehicle is in the braking maneuver;
determining a brake pedal position if the vehicle is in the braking maneuver;
determining a brake pedal rate from the brake pedal position; and
determining the driver'"'"'s driving skill based on the brake pedal rate, the brake pedal position and the vehicle longitudinal deceleration.
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Abstract
A skill characterization processor classifies driver skill based stop and go maneuvers. A maneuver identification processor determines whether the vehicle is in a braking maneuver, and the system determines the vehicle longitudinal deceleration, the brake pedal position and the brake pedal rate from the brake pedal position. The skill characterization processor then classifies the driver'"'"'s driving skill based on the brake pedal rate, the brake pedal position and the vehicle longitudinal deceleration generally under normal driving conditions. In one embodiment, the processor classifies driver skill by performing frequency analysis on the brake pedal rate using a discrete Fourier transform to find a frequency component of the brake pedal rate to obtain a power spectrum density.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for determining a vehicle driver'"'"'s driving skill based on driver stop and go driving behavior, said method comprising:
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determining whether the vehicle is in a braking maneuver; determining a vehicle longitudinal deceleration if the vehicle is in the braking maneuver; determining a brake pedal position if the vehicle is in the braking maneuver; determining a brake pedal rate from the brake pedal position; and determining the driver'"'"'s driving skill based on the brake pedal rate, the brake pedal position and the vehicle longitudinal deceleration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for determining a vehicle driver'"'"'s driving skill based on driver stop and go driving behavior, said method comprising:
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determining whether the vehicle is in a normal braking maneuver; determining a vehicle longitudinal deceleration only if the vehicle is in the normal braking maneuver; determining a brake pedal position only if the vehicle is in the normal braking maneuver; determining a brake pedal rate from the brake pedal position; and determining the driver'"'"'s driving skill based on the brake pedal rate, the brake pedal position and the vehicle longitudinal deceleration, wherein determining the driver'"'"'s driving skill further includes determining a braking force on the vehicle, and wherein determining the driver'"'"'s driving skill further includes performing frequency analysis on the brake pedal rate using a discrete Fourier transform to find a frequency component of the brake pedal rate to obtain a power spectrum density. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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