Patent ID: 9424696
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06Q,G07C,G09B

Claim Text:
1. A method for displaying driver feedback to a driver during operation of a vehicle; comprising the steps of: (a) automatically collecting vehicle data that can be used to evaluate the driver's performance while the driver is operating the vehicle; (b) using a computing device disposed at the vehicle to automatically analyze the vehicle data and determine if a driver has exceeded a baseline for a specific metric; (c) after the baseline is exceeded, automatically displaying to the driver information indicating the baseline has been exceeded, along with a timer indicating how long of a period of time the driver has to change his driving behavior before exceeding the baseline will be reported, thereby providing driver feedback; (d) after the time period has elapsed, using the computing device to automatically determine if the baseline for that specific metric is still exceeded; and if so; and (e) automatically reporting that the baseline for that specific metric was exceeded by the driver.