Real-Time Vehicle Driver Performance Monitoring

摘要

Real-time vehicle driver performance monitoring uses a plurality of sensors operated in a vehicle, each generating a real-time data stream comprising data corresponding to operation of the vehicle by the vehicle's driver. A computing device (such as an in-vehicle computer) processes the generated data stream from each of the plurality of sensors to determine whether the operation of the vehicle triggers any of a plurality of predetermined operational alert triggers. The predetermined operational alert triggers may correspond to detecting characteristics of an improper magnitude and/or an improper linearity of a delta in data detected by one of the sensors. When an alert is triggered, a corresponding alert message is generated and sent to at least one recipient (e.g., to the vehicle's driver, to nearby driver(s), to authorities, etc.). Examples of monitored characteristics include speed, steering, braking, use of turn indicators by the driver, and mobile phone usage.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for real-time vehicle driver performance monitoring, comprising:
operating a plurality of sensors in a vehicle, each generating a real-time data stream corresponding to operation of the vehicle by a driver thereof; processing, by a computing device, the generated data stream from each of the plurality of sensors to determine whether the operation of the vehicle triggers any of a plurality of predetermined operational alert triggers, wherein at least one of the predetermined operational alert triggers corresponds to detecting characteristics of an improper magnitude in the data stream generated by one of the sensors and at least one of the predetermined operational alert triggers corresponds to detecting characteristics of an improper linearity of a delta in the data stream generated by one of the sensors; and responsive to any of the plurality of predetermined operational alert triggers being triggered, performing:
generating a corresponding alert message for the triggered operational alert;determining at least one recipient corresponding to the generated alert message; andsending the generated alert message to the determined at least one recipient.