System and method for monitoring driving behavior
AssigneeMyine Electronics, Inc.
InventorMichael BURKE
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Abstract
A vehicle computing system for a vehicle includes a radar system, a microphone, and at least one controller. The radar system is configured to measure a distance to a frontward-vehicle. The microphone is configured to measure vehicle cabin noise. The controller is configured to output a tailgating event when the measured distance to the frontward-vehicle is less than a predefined threshold value. The controller may be further configured to request cabin noise from the microphone based on the tailgating event. If the noise is greater than a threshold value, the controller may output an alert message.
Claims20
A vehicle computing system comprising:
- a radar system configured to measure a distance to a frontward-vehicle;
- a microphone configured to measure cabin noise;
- and
- at least one controller configured to,
- output a tailgating indicator when the measured distance is less than a predefined threshold,
- in response to the tailgating indicator, measure cabin noise from the microphone, and
- if the noise is greater than a threshold value, output an alert message.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing instructions, which, when executed by a vehicle computing system, cause the system to perform a method comprising:
- detecting a tailgating event based on data from a radar system;
- comparing vehicle cabin volume to a baseline threshold value during the tailgating event;
- and
- if the vehicle-cabin volume exceeds the baseline threshold value, outputting a remedial action.
An aggressive driving detection method comprising:
- detecting a tailgating event based on a distance to a frontward-vehicle, via a radar system, when the distance is less than a predefined frontward-vehicle threshold,
- in response to detecting the tailgating event, requesting in-vehicle cabin noise from a microphone, and
- if the noise is greater than a threshold value, outputting an alert message.
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