Driver identification based on face data

1. A system comprising an on board computer coupled to a vehicle for identifying a driver for assessing driver performance, comprising:

an image capturing device for capturing an image during vehicle operation and of an expected driver location in the vehicle;

one or more onboard sensors for detecting driving data;

a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions, wherein the processor is configured by the instructions to:

capture driving data of the vehicle during vehicle operation using the one or more onboard sensors;

detect a face of a driver in the image;

determine a set of face data from the image;

associate the set of face data with the driving data;

identify the driver based at least in part on the set of face data;

associate the identified driver with the driving data; and

transmit the driving data and the associated set of face data to a remote server.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein identifying the driver comprises comparing the set of face data with a set or sets of known driver face data.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein identifying the driver comprises inputting the set of face data into a face model.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

wherein the driving data is associated with a time period of the vehicle operation.

5. The system of claim 1 ,

wherein the image capturing device captures another image during another time period of vehicle operation;

wherein the processor is further configured to:

locate another face of another driver within the other image;

determine another set of face data from the other image; and

calculate a similarity score between the set of face data and the other set of face data.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

in the event that the similarity score meets a similarity criteria, indicate that the driver in the time period and the other driver in the other time period are the same driver.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the driving data comprises a driving event.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the driving data comprises operation state data.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operation state data comprise one or more of the following: vehicle speed data, vehicle acceleration data, vehicle deceleration data, and vehicle rotational dynamics data.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the driving data comprise geo-location data.

11. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a communication interface for the transmitting of the driving data and the associated set of face data to the remoter server.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting uses wireless communications link.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a confidence index for the set of face data.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein in the event that the confidence index meets a confidence threshold, transmitting the set of face data to a remote server.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein in the event that the confidence index meets a confidence threshold, identifying the driver based on the set of face data.

16. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of face data is based at least in part on one or more of the following facial features: eye, eyebrow, nose, and mouth identified in the image.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein determining the set of face data comprises determining one or more geometric relationships among the one or more facial features.

18. A method for identifying a driver for assessing driver performance using an onboard computer coupled to a vehicle, comprising:

capturing an image during vehicle operation of an expected driver location in the vehicle using an image capture device;

capturing driving data of the vehicle during vehicle operation using one or more onboard sensors;

detecting, using a processor, a face of a driver in the image;

determining a set of face data from the image;

associating the set of face data with the driving data;

identifying the driver based at least in part on the set of face data;

associating the identified driver with the driving data; and

transmitting the driving data and the associated set of face data to a remote server.

19. A computer program product for identifying driver for assessing driver performance using an onboard computer coupled to a vehicle, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

capturing an image during vehicle operation of an expected driver location in the vehicle using an image capture device;

capturing driving data of the vehicle during vehicle operation using one or more onboard sensors;

detecting a face of a driver in the image;

determining a set of face data from the image;

associating the set of face data with the driving data;

identifying the driver based at least in part on the set of face data;

associating the identified driver with the driving data; and

transmitting the driving data and the associated set of face data to a remote server.