Distracted driving systems and methods for detection, alerting, and correction
AssigneeState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
InventorsCraig Cope, Seth L. Corin, Megan Hucek
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Abstract
A computer system is provided and is programmed to: (1) receive sensor data associated with a primary vehicle; (2) determine a current condition of a driver of the primary vehicle based upon the sensor data of the primary vehicle; (3) determine a threat level for the primary vehicle based upon the current condition of the driver of the primary vehicle and the sensor data of the primary vehicle; (4) activate at least one action in the primary vehicle based upon the threat level for the primary vehicle; and/or (5) electronically transmit the threat level of the primary vehicle to one or more additional vehicles.
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A distracted driving monitoring (DDM) computer system for detecting, alerting, and correcting distracted driving, the DDM computer system comprising at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, wherein the at least one processor is programmed to:
- receive sensor data associated with a primary vehicle;
- based upon the received sensor data, determine a current condition of a driver of the primary vehicle and a current condition of an environment in which the primary vehicle is being operated;
- determine a threat level for the primary vehicle based upon the determined current condition of the driver of the primary vehicle and the determined current condition of the environment in which the primary vehicle is being operated;
- select a notification time period from one or more notification time periods corresponding to the determined threat level;
- cause at least one action to be activated in the primary vehicle in accordance with the selected notification time period;
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- electronically transmit a notification corresponding to the determined threat level of the primary vehicle to one or more additional vehicles located within the environment in which the primary vehicle is being operated.
A computer-based method for detecting, alerting, and correcting distracted driving, the computer-based method implemented on a distracted driving monitoring (DDM) computer device including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, the computer-based method comprising:
- receiving sensor data associated with a primary vehicle;
- determining, based upon the received sensor data, a current condition of a driver of the primary vehicle and a current condition of an environment in which the primary vehicle is being operated;
- determining a threat level for the primary vehicle based upon the determined current condition of the driver of the primary vehicle and the determined current condition of the environment in which the primary vehicle is being operated;
- selecting a notification time period from one or more notification time periods corresponding to the determined threat level;
- causing at least one action to be activated in the primary vehicle in accordance with the selected notification time period;
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- electronically transmitting a notification corresponding to the determined threat level of the primary vehicle to one or more additional vehicles located within the environment in which the primary vehicle is being operated.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for detecting, alerting, and correcting distracted driving, wherein when executed by a processor coupled to at least memory device, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:
- receive sensor data associated with a primary vehicle;
- based upon the received sensor data, determine a current condition of a driver of the primary vehicle and a current condition of an environment in which the primary vehicle is being operated;
- determine a threat level for the primary vehicle based upon determined the current condition of the driver of the primary vehicle and the determined current condition of the environment in which the primary vehicle is being operated;
- select a notification time period from one or more notification time periods corresponding to the determined threat level;
- cause at least one action to be activated in the primary vehicle in accordance with the selected notification time period;
- and
- electronically transmit a notification corresponding to the determined threat level of the primary vehicle to one or more additional vehicles located within the environment in which the primary vehicle is being operated.
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