Method and system for automatically identifying a driver by creating a unique driver profile for a vehicle from driving habits

• US 9,988,058 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2016
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Future Technologies Partners, LLC
• Original Assignee: Brian K. Phillips
• Inventors: Phillips, Brian K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Cuong H
• Application Number:
  US15/236,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20160347325A1
• Time in Patent Office: 662 Days
• Field of Search: 701 33, 701517, 701102, 701 314, 701 324, 701 36, 701 322, 701115, 701 315, 705 4, 705 11, 705400, 340439, 455418
• 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 method for creating a unique driver profile for a driver of a vehicle, comprising:

receiving a first request signal on an application in a vehicle with one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable medium via a vehicle network in the vehicle from a plurality of individual components on the vehicle to create a unique driver profile for a first driver of a vehicle that has been turned on;

receiving a first set of plurality of electronic signals on the application on the vehicle resulting from the first driver configuring physical positions of selected ones of the plurality of individual components of the vehicle in a passenger compartment of the vehicle when operating the vehicle, the physical positions of selected ones of the plurality of individual components of the vehicle in the passenger compartment comprising physical positions of seats, mirrors, steering wheel, heating, cooling, radio, and physical position information from sensors, motors, light bulbs, switches, electronic control units, bus interfaces or network interfaces from the passenger compartment of the vehicle;

receiving a second set of plurality of electronic signals on the application on the vehicle resulting from the first driver driving the vehicle;

creating from the application on the vehicle the unique driver profile including electronic information received from the first and second set of plurality of electronic signals from the plurality of individual components of the vehicle uniquely configured by the first driver of the vehicle and received as the result of the driver operating the vehicle, the unique drive profile including unique driving habits and unique habits and behavior of the first driver;

storing from the application on the vehicle the created unique driver profile in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the vehicle for the first driver;

continuously updating on the application on the vehicle the created unique driver profile in the non-transitory computer readable medium until a second request signal is received on the vehicle indicating the vehicle is being turned off; and

storing from the application on the vehicle the created unique driver profile as a known driver profile for the first driver the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

conducting a second test on the application on the vehicle to compare the received second known driver profile to the stored known driver profile to determine whether the second driver authorized to drive the vehicle, and if not,

sending from the application on the vehicle to one or more other components of the vehicle one or more signals to turn off the vehicle to prevent the second driver as an unauthorized driver from operating the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a first set of plurality of electronic signals on the application on the vehicle resulting from the second driver configuring physical positions of selected ones of the plurality of individual components of the vehicle in the passenger compartment of the vehicle when operating the vehicle;

receiving a second set of plurality of electronic signals on the application on the vehicle resulting from the second driver driving the vehicle;

creating from the application on the vehicle the second unique driver profile including electronic information received from the first and second set of plurality of electronic signals from the plurality of individual components of the vehicle uniquely configured by the second driver of the vehicle and received as the result of the second driver operating the vehicle, the unique drive profile including unique driving habits and unique habits and behavior of the second driver;

storing from the application on the vehicle the created second unique driver profile in the non-transitory computer readable medium on the vehicle for the second driver;

continuously comparing on the application on the vehicle the created second current driver profile to the stored known driver profile for the first driver;

conducting a third test on the application on the vehicle to compare the received second known driver profile to the stored known driver profile to determine whether the second driver authorized is impaired based on information in the stored known driver profile, and if so

sending from the application on the vehicle to one or more other components of the vehicle one or more signals to turn off the vehicle to prevent the second driver as an unauthorized driver from further operating the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending periodically to a network device with one or more processor for a current driver of the vehicle via the communications network from the application on the vehicle a confirmation request message requesting the current driver of the vehicle send new current driver information including a new driver biometric a unique biometric signal for the driver of the vehicle received from an identification means including;

(1) a voice identification means comprising collecting a current voice recording of the driver;

or (2) a visual identification means comprising;

collecting one or more of a current finger print, iris eye scan, or a photograph collected from the driver; and

(3) a current Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the driver

receiving a response message from the network device via the communications network from the network including new current driver information including the new driver biometric signal;

conducting a test on the on the application on the vehicle 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 by comparing with the voice identification means the current voice recording from the received new driver biometric signal of the driver to a previously stored voice recording for the driver or comparing one or more of a current finger print, iris eye scan, or a photograph from the received new driver biometric signal of the driver to one or more of a previous finger print, iris eye scan or photograph of the driver with the visual identification means, and

if the identified driver is not actually operating the vehicle,

sending a first alert message from application on the vehicle via the communications network to another network device with one or more processors indicating another driver may be actually operating the vehicle instead of the identified driver.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising

conducting a second test on the application on the vehicle 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 second alert message from the application on the vehicle the network device via the communications network indicating another driver may be actually operating the vehicle instead of the identified driver.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a new request signal on the application fin the vehicle that the vehicle that has been turned on by a second driver;

receiving on the application on the vehicle from a driver application on a network device with one or more processor for the second driver a second known driver profile for the second driver;

conducting a test on the application on the vehicle to compare the received second known driver profile to the stored known driver profile to determine whether the second driver is the first driver including comparing the configured physical positions of selected ones of the plurality of individual components in the received second driver profile with the stored known driver profile, and

if not, positively identifying the second driver as another driver, thereby preventing the second driver as being falsely identified as the first driver; and

storing from the application on the vehicle the received second known driver profile in the non-transitory computer readable medium.