METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING A DRIVER BY CREATING A UNIQUE DRIVER PROFILE FOR A VEHICLE FROM DRIVING HABITS

• US 20160086397A1
• Filed: 09/22/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Future Technologies Partners, LLC
• Original Assignee: Brian K. Phillips
• Inventors: PHILLIPS, Brian K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,418,491 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/241 whereby access privileges are related to the identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/25 using biometry
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/252 Fingerprint recognition
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0075 Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0083 Setting, resetting, calibration
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2400/00 Indexing codes relating to detected, measured or calculated conditions or factors
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2420/403 Image sensing, e.g. optical camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/043 Identity of occupants
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/10 Historical data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/0098 Details of control systems ensuring comfort, safety or stability not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2205/02 using a vehicle scan tool
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/02 Registering or indicating driving, working, idle, or waiting time only apparatus forming part of taximeters G07B13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers

Abstract

A method and system for automatically creating a unique driver profile for a vehicle from driving habits. A unique driver profile is created with a portable on-board diagnostic series 2 (OBD-2) apparatus and/or linked and/or standalone network device (e.g., smart phone, tablet, wearable device, etc.). The unique driver profile is created from the accepted plural signals including time and geo-location data based on driving habits of the driver. The unique driver profile information is recorded on the apparatus and/or network device, downloaded at a later time or sent in real-time to check and verify an identity of the driver. The unique driver profile helps confirm an identity of the driver of the vehicle based on unique driving habits of the driver.

Claims

1. A portable vehicle on-board diagnostics (OBD) apparatus for identifying a driver of a vehicle, comprising in combination:

a case component including a first side comprising a male connector and a second side of the case component including a second interface;

the male connector including a plurality of pins for connecting to a female on-board diagnostic series 2 (OBD-2) port integral to a vehicle with a plurality of electronic receptacles for receiving the plurality of pins from the male connector;

the second interface including a second type of connector for securely providing a unique driver profile and electronic information from a plurality of electronic signals from a plurality of individual components of the vehicle to an external device with one or more processors;

an electronic circuit including one or more processors inside the case component connected to the male connector, the second connector and a non-transitory computer readable medium, configured for automatically creating a unique driver profile for a driver of the vehicle from the electronic information received from the plurality of electronic signals from the plurality of individual components of the vehicle configured by the driver of the vehicle and received as a result of the driver operating the vehicle and stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium;

the non-transitory computer readable medium connected to the electronic circuit for the storing the created unique driver profile and for storing the electronic information received from the plurality of electronic signals from the plurality of individual components of the vehicle uniquely configured by the driver of the vehicle and received as the result of the driver operating the vehicle including driving habits of the driver,

wherein the created unique driver profile includes unique driving habits of the driver and is used to positively identify the driver when the driver drives the vehicle based on the recorded unique driving habits.

2. The vehicle OBD apparatus of claim 1 wherein the male connector includes a male 16-pin (2×

8) J1962 connector.

3. The vehicle OBD apparatus of claim 1 wherein the second connector comprises a wired or a wireless connector interface.

4. The vehicle OBD apparatus of claim 3 herein the wired connector includes a serial port connector or a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector interface.

5. The vehicle OBD apparatus of claim 4 wherein the wireless connector includes a cellular telephone wireless interface comprising a Packet Cellular Network (PCN), Global System for Mobile Communications, (GSM), Generic Packet Radio Services (GPRS), Personal Communications Services network (PCS), or a Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) wireless cellular telephone interface, IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.15.4 (ZigBee), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), “

Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access”

(WiMAX), ETSI High Performance Radio Metropolitan Area Network (HIPERMAN), RF Home, Zigbee, Bluetooth, Infrared (IR), Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM), or Radio Frequency Identifier (RFID), near field communications (NFC), machine-to-machine (M2M), electronic mail, or short message service (SMS) wireless interface connector.

6. The vehicle OBD apparatus of claim 1 wherein electronic circuit accepts the plurality of electronic signals from the plurality of individual components of the vehicle uniquely configured by the driver of the vehicle and from the result of the driver operating the vehicle including driving habits of the driver, the plurality of electronic signals comprising:

a first electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating a time stamp and geo-location information for a driver of the vehicle;

a second electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating horizontal seat position for the driver of the vehicle,

a third electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating vertical seat position for the driver of the vehicle,

a fourth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating a rear-view mirror position for the driver of the vehicle,

a fifth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating a left side-view mirror position for the driver of the vehicle,

a sixth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating a right side-view mirror position for the driver of the vehicle,

a seventh electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating a position for a steering wheel for the driver of the vehicle,

a eighth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating a plurality of radio stations set for the driver of the vehicle,

an ninth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating acceleration sequence and acceleration curve information for the driver of the vehicle,

a tenth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating vehicle speed information for the driver of the vehicle;

a eleventh electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating braking sequence and deceleration curve information for the driver of the vehicle,

an twelfth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating fuel consumption information for the driver of the vehicle,

a thirteenth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating geographic location information for the vehicle as the vehicle travels between one or more different geographic locations,

a fourteenth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating activation of an airbag for a passenger in a front passenger seat of the vehicle,

a fifteenth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating geofence location information for the vehicle,

a sixteenth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating biometric information for the driver of the vehicle,

a seventh electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating still or video camera information for a passenger compartment of the vehicle;

an eighteenth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating heating preferences for the passenger compartment of the vehicle,

a nineteenth electronic signal accepted on the electronic circuit indicating cooling preferences for the passenger compartment of the vehicle, and

a twentieth input signal accepted on the electronic circuit from a sensor array including altitude, barometric pressure, temperature, organic solvent, smoke or gas detection sensors in the passenger compartment of the vehicle.

7. The vehicle OBD apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a biometric interface directly connected to the case component and electronic circuit for inputting a user biometric of the driver or connected to the electronic circuit via wireless connection from an external network device including a smart phone or a tablet.

8. The vehicle OBD apparatus of claim 7 wherein the biometric interface includes a finger print scanner interface, a voice identifier interface, or an iris eye scanner interface.

9. The vehicle OBD apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a camera interface connected to the case component and electronic circuit or connected to the electronic circuit via wireless connection from an external network device including a smart phone or a tablet for collecting still pictures of the driver of the vehicle or video of the driver of the vehicle as the vehicle is operated.

10. The vehicle OBD apparatus of claim 1, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further comprises an application including a plurality of instructions for causing the one or more processor of the electronic circuit to create the unique driver profile for the driver of the vehicle, for configuring the electronic circuit, for accepting only selected ones of the plurality of electronic signals from the plurality of individual components of the vehicle uniquely configured by the driver of the vehicle and from the result of the driver operating the vehicle and for downloading or transmitting in real-time the created unique driver profile.

11. The vehicle OBD apparatus of claim 10 wherein the application is configured with a smart phone, electronic tablet, desk top computer, lap top computer, or wearable network device, each with one or more processors, via the second connector.

12. The vehicle OBD apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a geo-location and time interface connected to the electronic circuit for providing physical geographic location information for the vehicle.

13. The vehicle OBD apparatus of claim 1 wherein the second connector securely provides the unique driver profile and electronic information from the plurality of electronic signals from the plurality of individual components of the vehicle with Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP), Wireless-Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), Robust Security Network (RSN), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Data Encryption Standard (DES), Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES), Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA), Message Digest-5 (MD-5), Electronic Code Book (ECB), or Diffie and Hellman (DH), security methods.

14. A method for automatically creating a unique driver profile for a vehicle, comprising:

receiving a first request signal on an electronic circuit with one or more processors on a portable on-board diagnostic series 2 (OBD-2) apparatus to create a unique driver profile for a driver of a vehicle including the portable OBD-2 apparatus plugged into an OBD-2 port integral to the vehicle when the vehicle is turned on;

receiving a plurality of event signals on the electronic circuit from a plurality of individual components of the vehicle uniquely configured by the driver data, data collected from one or more collection interfaces and Global Positioning System (GPS) geo-location and time stamp data of the vehicle and resulting from the driver operating the vehicle including driving habits of the driver;

creating from the electronic circuit the unique driver profile in a non-transitory computer readable medium connected to the electronic circuit;

storing from the electronic circuit the created unique driver profile and electronic information for the received plurality of event signals in the non-transitory computer readable medium connected to the electronic circuit; and

continually updating from the electronic circuit the unique driver profile and the electronic information for the received plurality of event signals in the non-transitory computer readable medium until a second request signal is received on the electronic circuit indicating the vehicle is being turned off.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

receiving a second request signal on the electronic circuit for the created unique driver profile for the portable OBD-2 apparatus;

sending from the electronic circuit in a second message in real-time the created unique driver profile and electronic information from the non-transitory computer readable medium via a wired or wireless interface port on a second connector connected to the electronic to a network device with one or more processors via a communications network; and

conducting a test on the network device to compare the received created unique driver profile to a stored driver profile for the driver to determine whether the driver or another driver is actually operating the vehicle,

and if the driver is not actually operating the vehicle,

sending a third message from the network device to another network device with one or more processors indicating another driver may be actually operating the vehicle.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the first request signal includes a unique biometric signal for the driver of the vehicle comprising a finger print or iris eye scan, a photograph of the driver and a current Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the driver.

17. A method for automatically creating a unique driver profile for a vehicle, comprising:

receiving a first message including a plurality of driver information on a network device with one or more processors via a communications network from an identified driver of a vehicle;

creating on the network device a driver profile for the identified driver from the plurality of driver information;

storing from the network device in a database associated with the network device the created driver profile as a known driver profile for the identified driver including driving habits of the identified driver;

receiving a second message on the network device from an electronic circuit with one or more processors on a portable on-board diagnostic series 2 (OBD-2) apparatus including a unique driver profile for a current driver of the vehicle including the portable OBD-2 apparatus plugged into an OBD-2 port integral to the vehicle;

conducting a test on the network device to compare the received unique driver profile to the known driver profile for the identified driver to determine whether the identified driver or another driver is actually operating the vehicle, and

if the identified driver is not actually operating the vehicle,

sending a third message from the network device to another network device with one or more processors indicating another driver may be actually operating the vehicle instead of the identified driver.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

receiving securely in real-time on the network device a plurality of fourth messages including a unique biometric to identify the driver of the vehicle from the electronic circuit on the portable OBD-2 apparatus via a communications network;

receiving securely on the network device plurality of fifth messages from the electronic circuit on the portable OBD-2 apparatus including a plurality of additional driver profile information for the identified driver of the vehicle;

creating continuously on the network device an updated driver profile for the identified driver from the plurality of fifth messages; and

storing from the network device in a database associated with the network device the created updated driver profile as a known driver profile for the identified driver including driving habits for the identified driver,

wherein the known driver profile is created over a pre-determined period of time from a pre-determined number of fifth messages to dynamically and uniquely record a plurality of driving behaviors of the identified driver of the vehicle

19. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

sending periodically from the network device via the communications network to the electronic circuit on the portable OBD-2 apparatus a confirmation request message requesting the current driver of the vehicle to send new current driver information including a new driver biometric and current a finger print or iris eye scan, a current photograph of the driver, a unique driver code or a current Global Positioning System (GPS) location;

receiving on the network device via the communications network from the electronic circuit on the portable OBD-2 apparatus a confirmation response message including the new current driver information;

conducting a test on the network device to compare the received new current driver information to the known driver profile for the identified driver to determine whether the identified driver or another driver is actually operating the vehicle, and

if the identified driver is not actually operating the vehicle,

sending a sixth message from the network device to another network device with one or more processors indicating another driver may be actually operating the vehicle instead of the identified driver.

20. A method for creating a unique driver profile for a vehicle, comprising:

receiving a first request signal on an application on a network device with one or more processors to create a current driver profile for a driver of a vehicle that has been turned on;

receiving a plurality of event signals on the application on the network device resulting from the driver operating the vehicle;

creating from the application on network device a current driver profile;

storing from the application on the network device the created current driver profile in a non-transitory computer readable medium on the network device;

continuously comparing on the application on the network device the created current driver profile to a stored known driver profile; and

continuously updating on the application on the network device the created current driver profile in the non-transitory computer readable medium until a second request signal is received on the network device indicating the vehicle is being turned off.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein the network device includes a smartphone, an electronic tablet or a wearable device.