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 19):
A non-transitory memory medium having machine instructions stored thereon to carry out a method, the method comprising:\n (a) automatically collecting vehicle data associated with a driver's performance while the driver is operating a vehicle, the vehicle data including idle data, acceleration data, speed data, braking data, vehicle location data, and length of time data; (b) automatically analyzing the vehicle data to 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 specific metric; (c) for each first baseline that is crossed, automatically locally displaying 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 driver information to any remote entity; (d) automatically analyzing the vehicle data to 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 specific metrics, 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; (e) for each second baseline that is crossed, automatically locally displaying 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; (f) providing an input mechanism in the vehicle via which the driver can enter an explanation for any second event that was reported to the remote computing device; and (g) 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): 0.3862200681944431
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5352310248063676
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4011211638556355
- Mean Citation Score: 321.4775160000001
- Max Citation Score: 408.24713
- Similarity Product: 344.96401851186164

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