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

Claim 10:
11. 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 receive;
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 characterized difficulty of one route of the plurality of routes is based on the plurality of vehicle events received from only vehicles that have traversed the one route at least a predetermined minimum number of times that varies by driver, wherein
a first predetermined minimum number of times for a first driver of the plurality of drivers having a first variation in vehicle event frequency is less than a second predetermined minimum number of times for a second driver of the plurality of drivers having a second, higher variation in vehicle event frequency.