Vehicle turn detection
AssigneeArity International Limited
InventorsVarun Nagpal, Yasir Mukhtar, Jared S. Snyder, Connor Walsh
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Abstract
An turn detection system is configured to determine headings or a course of a vehicle over a period of time and evaluate whether the vehicle has registered a turn based on these headings/course. In some arrangements, upon detecting a turn, sensor data may be collected to determine one or more characteristics or attributes of the turn. Such data may indicate a loss event associated with the turn and be used to calculate a probability or risk of loss given the various characteristics of the turn. These probabilities may further be applied to determine various costs and premiums.
Claims20
A turn detection apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface;
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the turn detection apparatus to:
- detect, using at least one sensor of a vehicle, a triggering vehicle event;
- initiate a sliding heading detection window defined by a specified amount of time;
- detect a plurality of headings of the vehicle during the sliding heading detection window, each of the headings corresponding to a different point in time;
- determine at least one movement characteristic of the vehicle based on the plurality of headings of the vehicle detected during the sliding heading detection window;
- and
- determine a risk of loss associated with at least one of the vehicle and a driver of the vehicle based on the determined at least one movement characteristic of the vehicle.
A method comprising:
- detecting, by a turn detection apparatus using at least one sensor of a vehicle, a triggering vehicle event;
- initiating, by the turn detection apparatus, a sliding heading detection window defined by a specified amount of time;
- detecting, by the turn detection apparatus, a plurality of headings of the vehicle during the sliding heading detection window, each of the headings corresponding to a different point in time;
- determining, by the turn detection apparatus, at least one movement characteristic of the vehicle based on the plurality of headings of the vehicle detected during the sliding heading detection window;
- and
- determining, by the turn detection apparatus, a risk of loss associated with at least one of the vehicle and a driver of the vehicle based on the determined at least one movement characteristic of the vehicle.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a turn detection apparatus to:
- detect, using at least one sensor of a vehicle, a triggering vehicle event;
- initiate a sliding heading detection window defined by a specified amount of time;
- detect a plurality of headings of the vehicle during the sliding heading detection window, each of the headings corresponding to a different point in time;
- determine at least one movement characteristic of the vehicle based on the plurality of headings of the vehicle detected during the sliding heading detection window;
- and
- determine a risk of loss associated with at least one of the vehicle and a driver of the vehicle based on the determined at least one movement characteristic of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.