PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863762
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["434", "066000"]

Abstract:
A method of providing visual feedback to a driver based on data collected during vehicle operation. A processor at the vehicle analyzes vehicle data, and determines when predetermined threshold values have been reached for particular parameters. Whenever such a threshold is reached, an audible indication is provided to the driver, indicating that the baseline has been exceeded. Certain parameters have at least two threshold values. When a first threshold value is reached, an alert is presented to the driver, but no data is recorded or reported. When a second threshold value is reached, another alert is presented to the driver, and data is recorded for reporting to a driver manager or supervisor. This approach provides a driver warning, that if they correct the triggering behavior, their supervisor is never notified of that behavior. However, if the behavior escalates, and the second threshold is breached, the behavior is recorded.

Claim (Index 6):
A method of producing a performance metric indicative of a performance of a driver based on at least one metric corresponding to the driver's operation of a vehicle, and sharing that metric with the driver during driving, comprising:\n (a) automatically collecting first vehicle data for evaluation of the driver's performance while the vehicle is operating, the first vehicle data including at least two of idle data, acceleration data, speed data, braking data, vehicle location data, and length of time data; (b) using a computing device to automatically analyze the first vehicle data and determine if a driver has crossed any one of a plurality of first baselines, each of the plurality of first baselines associated with a different type of the collected first vehicle data; (c) for each first baseline that is crossed, automatically displaying on a local display one of a plurality of first events associated with the respective first baseline that was crossed, each associated first event indicating which of the plurality of first baselines has been crossed, and refraining from reporting any first event to any remote entity; (d) automatically collecting second vehicle data while the vehicle is operating, the second vehicle data including data of a type corresponding to at least one first baseline that was crossed; (e) using the computing device to automatically analyze the second vehicle data and determine if a driver has crossed any one of a plurality of second baselines, each of the plurality of second baselines associated with one of the different types of vehicle data, and further using the computing device to determine if the length of time data indicates that any one of the plurality of first baselines has remained crossed for longer than an associated predetermined time limit; (f) for each second baseline that is crossed, automatically displaying on the local display one of a plurality of second events associated with either the respective second baseline that was crossed or the respective first baseline that has remained crossed for longer than its associated predetermined time limit, each associated second event indicating which of the plurality of second baselines has been crossed or which of the first baselines has remained crossed, and automatically using a wireless data link to report any second event to a remote computing device; (g) accepting, via an input mechanism in the vehicle, a driver explanation for any second event that was reported to the remote computing device; and (h) automatically reporting each entered explanation to the remote computing device using the wireless data link.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12658
- Patent Class: 434.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15242847', '14204906', '15200912', '14214008', '15355423']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3854344876034953
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5364568668957976
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4005367255327255
- Mean Citation Score: 321.4775160000001
- Max Citation Score: 408.24713
- Similarity Product: 362.7836290938735

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test