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US 2018/0122016 A1Published application
System and method for context-based driver monitoring
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsERICK NELSON ODUOR, SAMUEL OMONDI, MICHIAKI TATSUBORI, AISHA WALCOTT, JOHN MBARI WAMBURU
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Abstract
The disclosure provides electronic systems and methods for monitoring and improving driver behaviour. Driver maneuver data is obtained and used along with contextual data in order to determine enhanced estimates of driver and route riskiness. The output of the determination can be used by a variety of users including insurance providers.
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A method for determining driver behavior comprising:
- recording, by an in-vehicle sensor, a subject driver maneuver data and tagging the subject driver maneuver data with subject metadata comprising a subject time stamp and subject location stamp;
- retrieving from a driver maneuver database relevant historical driver maneuver data, the relevant historical driver maneuver data comprising tagged historical metadata comprising a historical location stamp that corresponds within a threshold distance to the subject location stamp;
- calculating a single-incident driver score by scaling the subject driver maneuver data according to the relevant historical driver maneuver data and tagged historical metadata;
- updating an aggregate subject driver score based on the single-incident driver score;
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- establishing a communication link with an automated insurance premium system and communicating the updated aggregate subject driver score to the automated insurance premium system.
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A method for determining and monitoring driver behavior comprising:
- obtaining, via an in-vehicle device, subject driver maneuver data by selectively polling a least one in-vehicle sensor at a predetermined interval or upon a maneuver event, wherein the subject driver maneuver data is tagged with metadata comprising a subject location stamp and a subject time stamp;
- storing, via a processor, the subject driver maneuver data and relationship data in an in-vehicle memory, wherein the relationship data links the subject driver maneuver data to a vehicle identifier and a wireless network;
- transmitting, via a wireless transceiver, the relationship data and subject driver maneuver data through a mobile communication network that provides access to a distributed network;
- receiving, via a receiver, the relationship data and the subject driver maneuver data via the distributed network;
- calculating, via a processor coupled to the receiver, a single-incident driver score by scaling the subject driver maneuver data according to relevant historical driver maneuver data, wherein the relevant historical driver maneuver data is selected from a driver maneuver database and correlates to the subject location, and wherein the processor is further programmed to update an aggregate subject driver score based on the single-incident driver score;
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- generating and transmitting across the distributed network an alert based on the single-incident driver score or the aggregate subject driver score.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.