Patent ID: 11951995
Assignee: BENDIX COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of characterizing the performance of a plurality of drivers and a plurality of routes, comprising:
identifying the plurality of routes;
receiving a plurality of vehicle events collected or generated by an onboard computing system of a plurality of vehicles operated by the plurality of drivers via a network;
characterizing a difficulty of each of the plurality of routes based on the plurality of vehicle events;
characterizing a performance of the plurality of drivers based on a subset or all of the plurality of vehicle events collected or received;
assigning at least one driver of the plurality of drivers to a selected route of the plurality of routes based on the characterized performance of the at least one driver and the difficulty of the plurality of routes; and, modifying operation of a vehicle operated by the at least one assigned driver based on the characterized performance of the at least one driver, wherein
the vehicle is a first vehicle equipped with a sensor and previously operated by a first driver of the plurality of drivers, and, the characterizing the performance of the plurality of drivers further comprises:
substituting first vehicle event data of a first driver of the plurality of drivers for second vehicle event data of a second driver operating a second vehicle not equipped with the sensor.