Real-time driver observation and progress monitoring

US9586591B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · US

Inventors

• Brian Mark Fields · Phoenix, US
• Steve Roberson · Normal, US
• Abhishek Harish · Champaign, US
• Hyunji Lim · Champaign, US
• Matthew James Waughtel · Cuba, US
• Bryan Allen Plummer · Urbana, US
• Parker Andrew Brown · Mundelein, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2017
• Expiry date: May 4, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09G2380/10
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, movement-data is gathered with one or more sensors (e.g., accelerometers, GPS receivers, etc.) during a driver's driving session. A score may be calculated for the driving session, and the driver's progress is evaluated by a driver-evaluation system. A driving session report or graphical user-interface (GUI) is generated with a computer processor and displayed at a display device. The displayed report or GUI includes a graphic representing the driver's progress relative to historical data.