Patent Document ID: 9569984
Application ID: 13711608
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system that monitors, records and analyzes driver performance, the system comprising: a vehicle sensor module that receives data from a set of sensors that each measure a driving characteristic associated with a vehicle; a map data access module that retrieves, from a map database, map data elements indicating various features associated with at least one path of the vehicle, wherein the at least one path comprises a set of previously-defined segments, each segment having a set of associated points, wherein each associated point comprises a set of associated attributes, each set of associated attributes comprising a set of fixed attributes, wherein each fixed attribute has an unchanging value for each set of associated points; and a driver behavior engine that: receives information from the vehicle sensor module and the map data access module, and monitors and evaluates driver performance based on the received information; retrieves a plurality of sets of evaluation curves based on the retrieved set of map data elements; and calculates mathematical differences between each evaluation curve from each set of evaluation curves and each of a plurality of corresponding performance curves generated at least partly based on the set of measured driving characteristics, wherein the mathematical differences are quantified at least partly by determining a geometrical area between each evaluation curve from each set of evaluation curves and each corresponding performance curve from the plurality of corresponding performance curves, wherein the sets of evaluation curves and the plurality of corresponding performance curves are associated with a particular driver and a particular trip.