Student driver feedback system allowing entry of tagged events by instructors during driving tests

• US 9,056,616 B1
• Filed: 09/23/2014
• Issued: 06/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm)
• Original Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm)
• Inventors: Fields, Brian Mark, Roberson, Steve, Harish, Abhishek, Lim, Hyunji, Waughtel, Matthew James
• Primary Examiner(s): Dager, Jonathan M
• Application Number:
  US14/494,088
• Time in Patent Office: 266 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0075 Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/146 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/10 Historical data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3667 Display of a road map G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/167 Control of land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F

Abstract

Tagged driving events may be generated during a driving session from sensor data collected via one or more sensors and/or entered by an instructor. The tagged driving events may include a description of each driving event and its associated severity or weight as it relates to a scoring process as well as a time and/or a location of the driving event. A driving session report may be generated using the tagged driving events and may include a driver feedback score that is weighted based on the severity associated with each of the tagged driving events and/or the collected data, a map of the driving session route that indicates a map location of each tagged driving event, and/or a listing of each tagged driving event. The driving session report may be displayed such that a user may select a tagged driving event to view information associated with the tagged driving event.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing driver feedback related to a driving session in which driver skill data is collected, comprising:

determining, by one or more processors, an occurrence of a driving event during the driving session upon receipt of a first user input;

generating, by one or more processors, a tagged driving event including a description associated with the driving event upon receipt of a second user input;

generating, by one or more processors, a driving session report based on the driving skill data collected during the driving session;

displaying, by one or more processors, the driving session report including the tagged driving event; and

displaying, by one or more processors, the description associated with the driving event upon receipt of a third user input indicating a selection of the tagged driving event from the driving session report.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the act of generating the driving session report comprises:

generating the driving session report upon completion of the driving session.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recording a time and a geographic location of the driving event; and

storing the tagged driving event including the time and the geographic location of the driving event.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the act of displaying the driving session report comprises:

displaying a map of a route associated with the driving session;

displaying the tagged driving event on the map at the recorded geographic location; and

displaying the description associated with the driving event upon receipt of the third user input indicating a selection of the tagged driving event from the map.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the act of displaying the driving session report comprises:

displaying a list of the collected driving skill data and the tagged driving event, and further comprising;

displaying the description associated with the driving event upon receipt of the third user input indicating a selection of the tagged driving event from the list.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user input comprises one or more of:

voice input;

text input; and

an event description selected from a list of event descriptions.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a driver feedback score utilizing the driving skill data collected during the driving session and the tagged driving event; and

displaying the driver feedback score as part of the driving session report.

8. A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium storing machine readable instructions for providing driver feedback related to a driving session in which driver skill data is collected that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

determine an occurrence of a driving event during the driving session upon receipt of a first user input;

generate a tagged driving event including a description associated with the driving event upon receipt of a second user input;

generate a driving session report based on the driving skill data collected during the driving session;

display the driving session report including the tagged driving event; and

display the description associated with the driving event upon receipt of a third user input indicating a selection of the tagged driving event from the driving session report.

9. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions to generate the driving session report include instructions that cause the processor to:

generate the driving session report upon completion of the driving session.

10. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium of claim 8, further including instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

record a time and a geographic location of the driving event; and

store the tagged driving event including the time and the geographic location of the driving event.

11. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions to display the driving session report include instructions that cause the processor to:

display a map of a route associated with the driving session;

display the tagged driving event on the map at the recorded geographic location; and

display the description associated with the driving event upon receipt of the third user input indicating a selection of the tagged driving event from the map.

12. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions to display the driving session report include instructions that cause the processor to:

display a list of the collected driving skill data and the tagged driving event; and

display the description associated with the driving event upon receipt of the third user input indicating a selection of the tagged driving event from the list.

13. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the second user input comprises one or more of:

voice input;

text input; and

an event description selected from a list of event descriptions.

14. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable medium of claim 8, further including instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

generate a driver feedback score utilizing the driving skill data collected during the driving session and the tagged driving event; and

display the driver feedback score as part of the driving session report.

15. A device for providing driver feedback related to a driving session in which driver skill data is collected, comprising:

a processor configured to;

determine an occurrence of a driving event during the driving session upon receipt of a first user input;

generate a tagged driving event including a description associated with the driving event upon receipt of a second user input;

generate a driving session report based on the driving skill data collected during the driving session; and

a graphical processing unit (GPU) configured to;

display the driving session report including the tagged driving event; and

display the description associated with the driving event upon receipt of a third user input indicating a selection of the tagged driving event from the driving session report.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to generate the driving session report upon completion of the driving session.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to record a time and a geographic location of the driving event, and to store the tagged driving event including the time and the geographic location of the driving event.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the GPU is further configured to:

display a map of a route associated with the driving session;

display the tagged driving event on the map at the recorded geographic location; and

display the description associated with the driving event upon receipt of the third user input indicating a selection of the tagged driving event from the map.

19. The device of claim 15, wherein the GPU is further configured to display a list of the collected driving skill data and the tagged driving event, and to display the description associated with the driving event upon receipt of the third user input indicating a selection of the tagged driving event from the list.

20. The device of claim 15, wherein the second user input comprises one or more of:

voice input;

text input; and

an event description selected from a list of event descriptions.

21. The device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to generate a driver feedback score utilizing the driving skill data collected during the driving session and the tagged driving event, and

wherein the GPU is further configured to display the driver feedback score as part of the driving session report.