Behavior based driving record management and rehabilitation

• US 9,481,373 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2014
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Appy Risk Technologies Limited (Trak Global Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: IMS Solution, Inc.
• Inventors: Basir, Otman A, Miners, William Ben, Manoharan, Shunkar
• Primary Examiner(s): Kan, Yuri
• Application Number:
  US14/514,330
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106289A1
• Time in Patent Office: 749 Days
• Field of Search: 705/4, 705/325, 434/65, 273/252, 702/33, 701/408, 701/31.4
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/16 Type of output information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/161 Explanation of functions, e.g. instructions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/174 Economic driving
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/16 Type of information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/161 Explanation of functions, e.g. instructions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2370/174 Economic driving
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/043 Identity of occupants
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/30 Driving style
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2554/00 Input parameters relating to objects
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2555/20 Ambient conditions, e.g. wind or rain
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/84 Data processing systems or methods, management, administration

Abstract

The behavior-based driving record management program is designed to assist drivers that have received driving penalties or “demerit points” to improve their behavior and “rehabilitate” to recover their driving privileges. Telematics are used to monitor the driving behavior over time and provide feedback to the driver. The system can also be used to implement graduated licensing programs to ensure that only qualified young drivers are graduating from one level to another demonstrating actual driver behavior and driving experience while reducing fraud.

Claims

1. A system for analyzing driving behavior of a driver comprising:

at least one sensor in a vehicle for gathering driving behavior data;

at least one computer recording the driving behavior data over time and generating a driving behavior summary based upon the driving behavior data over time; and

a mobile device communicating with the at least one computer to inform a law enforcement officer that the driver is in a driving re-education program and whether the at least one computer is currently receiving information from the at least one sensor in the vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the driving behavior data is applied to “

rehabilitate”

the driver after driving penalties or an accumulation of demerit points.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the driving behavior summary includes a behavior-based driving score and trip summaries.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the behavior-based driving score is derived from metrics including rapid acceleration, harsh braking, speeding, length of journey, time of day, and type of road.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the driving behavior summary includes a trip summary generated from trips by the driver in the vehicle and in a second vehicle.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the vehicle is a first vehicle, the system further including a second vehicle having at least one second sensor for gathering driving behavior data, wherein the at least one computer generates the driving behavior summary based upon the driving behavior data from the first vehicle and the driving behavior data from the second vehicle.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein at least one computer can receive a validation of a new vehicle to associate with the driver.

8. The system of claim 1 further including a reader for authenticating the driver before the vehicle begins each trip.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the reader is configured to authenticate the driver based upon a driver'"'"'s license.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein a driver identification signature is computed based on driving habits of the driver observed over time.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the driving habits include, but are not restricted to, the driver acceleration, deceleration, and speeding patterns.

12. A system for analyzing driving behavior of a driver comprising:

at least one sensor in a first vehicle for gathering driving behavior data;

at least one sensor in a second vehicle for gathering driving behavior data; and

at least one computer recording the driving behavior data over time and generating a driving behavior summary based upon the driving behavior data over time, wherein the driving behavior summary includes a trip summary generated from trips by the driver in the first vehicle and in the second vehicle.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein at least one computer can receive a validation of a new vehicle to associate with the driver.

14. The system of claim 12 further including a reader in each vehicle for identifying the driver in each vehicle, the at least one computer associating the driving behavior with the driver identified by the reader in each vehicle.

15. A system for analyzing driving behavior of a driver comprising:

at least one sensor in a vehicle for gathering driving behavior data; and

at least one computer recording the driving behavior data over time and generating a driving behavior summary based upon the driving behavior data over time, wherein the at least one computer implements a graduated licensing program that qualifies the driver from one level to the next based upon the driving behavior data over time.

16. The system of claim 15 further including a reader for identifying the driver in the vehicle.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the at least one computer monitors pickup and dropoff locations of the driver to log training drives, and wherein the at least one computer monitors types of roads during the training drives associated with the driver.