System and method for automatic driver evaluation
AssigneeEastern Virginia Medical School
InventorBarbara Freund
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for automatic driver evaluation of a person's driving capabilities and render an outcome of pass, fail, or pass with restrictions without the need for a trained observer to evaluate driver's performance. In one embodiment, the automatic driver evaluation system facilitates the display of a predetermined driving route designed for a predetermined demography, observe simulated driving performance of a user on the predetermined driving route, record errors made by the user while performing the simulated drive, and compare the performance errors to at least one threshold value and generate a score based on the comparison.
Claims37
A method of automatically evaluating driving capabilities of a user using a computer system in a simulated environment, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a driving route, selected from a plurality of driving routes, based on a demography associated with the user, wherein the selected driving route includes a plurality of predetermined driving tasks and a predetermined frequency at which the plurality of driving tasks occur;
- recording performance errors of the user performing a simulated drive, wherein the simulated drive is performed on the selected driving route for a predetermined time period, and wherein the predetermined time period is based on the demography associated with the user;
- comparing the performance errors to at least one threshold value to determine fitness to drive based on the performance errors;
- and
- displaying outcome as pass with restrictions based on the comparison between the performance errors and the at least one threshold value.
A system for automatically evaluating driving capabilities of a user in a simulated environment comprising:
- a first display device configured to display a selected driving route for a predetermined time period, wherein the selected driving route includes a plurality of predetermined driving tasks and a predetermined frequency at with the plurality of driving tasks occur, and wherein the predetermined time period is based on a demography associated with the user;
- a control device configured to provide the selected driving route, selected from a plurality of driving routes, based on the demography associated with the user and to observe simulated driving performance of the user on the selected driving route;
- a storage device configured to store errors made by the user while performing the simulated drive;
- a comparator configured to compare the performance errors to at least one threshold value to determine fitness to drive based on the performance errors;
- and a second display device, coupled to the comparator, configured to display the outcome as pass with restrictions based on the determination at the comparator.
A non-tangible computer program product, residing on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer instructions for configuring a computer to perform acts of automatically evaluating driving capabilities of a user, the acts comprising:
- providing a driving route, selected from a plurality of driving routes, based on a demography associated with the user, wherein the selected driving route includes a plurality of predetermined driving tasks and a predetermined frequency at which the plurality of driving tasks occur;
- recording
- performance errors of the user performing a simulated drive, wherein the simulated drive is performed on the selected driving route for a predetermined time period, and wherein the predetermined time period is based on the demography associated with the user;
- comparing the performance errors to at least one threshold value to determine fitness to drive based on the performance errors;
- and
- displaying outcome as pass with restrictions based on the comparison between the performance errors and the at least one threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.