Method for establishing a driving profile

• US 9,904,656 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2013
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Fuehrer, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Heinle, Courtney D
• Application Number:
  US13/892,972
• Publication Number:
  US 20130304334A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,751 Days
• Field of Search: 701 51
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0129 for creating historical data or processing based on historical data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096725 where the received information generates an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

A method for establishing a driving profile includes recording a value of an operating characteristic of a motor vehicle with the aid of a sensor situated in the motor vehicle at a first point in time, linking the value to a piece of location information indicating a position of the motor vehicle to obtain a linked piece of information, transferring the linked piece of information to a server, evaluating a plurality of linked pieces of information to ascertain a driving profile which includes location-dependent values of the operating characteristic, transferring the driving profile to the motor vehicle, and ascertaining a deviation between a value of the operating characteristic of the motor vehicle and a value of the operating characteristic included in the driving profile at a position of the motor vehicle at a second point in time.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a driving profile, comprising:

recording, by a processing device of a control unit, a value of an operating characteristic of a motor vehicle ascertained at a first point in time with the aid of a sensor situated in the motor vehicle;

linking, by the processing device of the control unit, the recorded value of the operating characteristic to a piece of location information indicating a position of the motor vehicle to obtain a linked piece of information;

transferring, by the processing device of the control unit, the linked piece of information to a server;

evaluating, by a processing device of the server, a plurality of linked pieces of information to ascertain a driving profile which includes location-dependent values of the operating characteristic;

transferring, by the processing device of the server, the driving profile to the motor vehicle; and

ascertaining, by the processing device of the control unit, a deviation between a value of the operating characteristic of the motor vehicle and a value of the operating characteristic included in the driving profile at a position of the motor vehicle at a second point in time;

wherein the operating characteristic is one of a speed, an acceleration, a braking deceleration of the motor vehicle, a distance between the motor vehicle and a preceding or a following other motor vehicle, or a selected gear stage of the motor vehicle.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

outputting, by the processing device of the control unit, a piece of information regarding the deviation to a vehicle driver of the motor vehicle.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

controlling, by the processing device of the control unit, a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle in such a way that the deviation is reduced.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the driving profile includes location-dependent values of multiple operating characteristics.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein a plurality of motor vehicles transmit linked pieces of information to the server.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the driving profile is transmitted to a plurality of motor vehicles.

7. The method as recited in claim 1,

wherein the location dependent values of the operating characteristic included in the driving profile are selected in such a way that at least one of:

a maximally admissible speed is not exceeded, and a minimum distance between a motor vehicle and a preceding or a following other motor vehicle is not undershot.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the sensor is a radar sensor.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the processing device of the control unit:

records multiple operating characteristics; and

links the respective recorded values of the multiple operating characteristics each to a piece of location information indicating a position of the motor vehicle to obtain linked pieces of information.

10. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the outputted piece of information is accompanied by an output urging a driver of the motor vehicle to follow a driving behavior predefined by the driving profile.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the sensor is one of a video camera and a scanning lidar.

12. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the server is situated outside of the motor vehicle.

13. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein a bidirectional communication connection is implemented between the server and the control unit for transferring the linked piece of information and for transferring the driving profile.

14. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein a set of steps, the set of steps including recording the value of the operating characteristic, linking the recorded value of the operating characteristic to the piece of location information, and transferring the linked piece of information to the server, is repeated continuously.

15. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the driving profile is established as a table or a list having at least two entries for the operating characteristic, each entry including location information associated with a value of the operating characteristic.

16. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the evaluating the plurality of linked pieces of information includes an analysis of statistical connections and frequencies that have been collected by the server.

17. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the evaluating the plurality of linked pieces of information includes comparing the linked pieces of information to values stored in a database of the server having prescribed values of the operating characteristics.

18. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

automatically adjusting, by the processing device of the control unit, the value of the operating characteristic to the value of the operating characteristic t from the driving profile.

19. A method for establishing a driving profile, comprising:

recording, by a processing device of a control unit, a value of an operating characteristic of a motor vehicle ascertained at a first point in time with the aid of a sensor situated in the motor vehicle;

linking, by the processing device of the control unit, the recorded value of the operating characteristic to a piece of location information indicating a position of the motor vehicle to obtain a linked piece of information;

transferring, by the processing device of the control unit, the linked piece of information to a server;

evaluating, by a processing device of the server, a plurality of linked pieces of information to ascertain a driving profile which includes location-dependent values of the operating characteristic;

transferring, by the processing device of the server, the driving profile to the motor vehicle; and

ascertaining, by the processing device of the control unit, a deviation between a value of the operating characteristic of the motor vehicle and a value of the operating characteristic included in the driving profile at a position of the motor vehicle at a second point in time;

wherein a value of the operating characteristic included in the driving profile is an average value of values of the operating characteristic transmitted to the server.