Real-time driver observation and scoring for driver's education

US9478150B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · US

Inventors

• Brian Mark Fields · Phoenix, US
• Jibo He · Champaign, US
• John A. Nepomuceno · Bloomington, US
• Steve Roberson · Normal, US
• Bryan Allen Plummer · Urbana, US
• Kurtis C. Houdek · Gurnee, US
• Neeraj Jain · Bloomington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 25, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B19/16
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method includes, for each of two or more driving sessions in which a student driver operates a vehicle, gathering driving skill data indicative of at least one of behavior of the student driver, acceleration of the vehicle, braking of the vehicle, or steering of the vehicle, and generating a driving session report. The method further includes causing the driving session reports corresponding to the two or more driving sessions to be displayed to a driving instructor, and receiving comments from the driving instructor about the two or more driving sessions of the student driver. Still further, the method includes storing the driving session reports corresponding to the two or more driving sessions along with the received comments from the driving instructor.