Devices, systems, and methods for driving incentivization
AssigneesVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Audi AG, Porsche AG
InventorsLiang Kong, Joerg Christian Wolf
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods related to incentives for complying with suggested driving operations can include determining suggested driving operations, determining a desirability of the suggested driving operations, communicating the desirability of the suggested driving operations, and optionally monitoring compliance with the suggested driving operations.
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A method of determining and communicating a suggested driving operation to a user of a transportation vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving, by communication circuitry installed within the transportation vehicle, information from a traffic information system for consideration in determining a suggested driving operation,
- determining, by a processor installed within the transportation vehicle, based on the received information, a suggested driving operation of the transportation vehicle to reduce traffic impedance, wherein the determining of the suggested driving operation includes calculating a suggested speed based on the information received from the traffic information system,
- communicating the suggested driving operation to the transportation vehicle user for execution including outputting the suggested driving operation onto at least one user interface including a display for presentation to the transportation vehicle user,
- determining a value of desirability of the suggested driving operation,
- determining an accumulated compliance value based on historical compliance information, and
- presenting both the value of desirability and the accumulated compliance value together, as a graphical image on the display of the at least one user interface, to the transportation vehicle user to encourage compliance with the suggested driving operation,
- wherein the value of desirability is presented as a potential additional accumulated compliance rating if compliance with the suggested driving operation is undertaken.
A vehicle control system onboard a transportation vehicle for determining and communicating a suggested driving operation to a user of a transportation vehicle, the vehicle control system comprising:
- communication circuitry for receiving information from a traffic information system for consideration in determining a suggested driving operation,
- at least one processor configured to execute instructions stored on memory, to determine a suggested driving operation of the transportation vehicle to reduce traffic impedance based on the received information, wherein the determining of the suggested driving operation includes calculating a suggested speed based on information received from the traffic information system, to communicate the suggested driving operation to the transportation vehicle user for execution, to determine a value of desirability of the suggested driving operation, and to determine an accumulated compliance value based on historical compliance information,
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- at least one user interface in communication with the at least one processor, the at least one user interface including a display, the user interface configured to present both the value of desirability and the accumulated compliance value together to the transportation vehicle user as a graphical image to encourage compliance with the suggested driving operation, wherein the value of desirability is presented as a potential additional accumulated compliance rating if compliance with the suggested driving operation is undertaken.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.