IP Library Granted Patent US 11,545,036
Granted Patent B2
US 11,545,036 · App. 16/721,801 · Granted Jan 3, 2023

Real-time driving behavior and safety monitoring

Inventors: Xinyu Li (Jersey City, NY); Chen-Ping Yu (Santa Clara, CA); Aaditya Chandrasekhar (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Google LLC
G08G1/166B60Q9/008G06N20/00G07C5/008G07C5/085
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Patent No.
US 11,545,036
App. No.
16/721,801
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method may track data from one or more sensors during vehicle driving. Based on the sensors data, one or more alerts or potential hazards may be identified. The system and method may generate a drive summary including information and optional statistics about the alerts or potential hazards.

Claims (34)

1. A method, comprising:

obtaining an image of a driving scene for a vehicle during a drive using a first device;

obtaining motion sensor data during the drive using the first device;

identifying an object based on the image using a machine learning model;

identifying a potential hazard associated with the object based on the image and the motion sensor data;

generating an alert associated with the potential hazard for a driver of the vehicle;

displaying the alert in an augmented reality interface with an augmented reality hazard marker to identify the potential hazard; and

displaying a drive summary for the drive, the drive summary comprising information associated with the alert; and

wherein the information associated with the alert comprises at least one of an alert type, a vehicle speed, a vehicle acceleration, and a time of the alert;

wherein the drive summary comprises:

a visual summary comprising a map of a route of the drive with visual indicators of the alert and one or more additional alerts at a location on the map where the alerts occurred, the visual indicator,

one or more user interface (UI) elements configured to display selected types of alerts and potential hazards on the map and to not display unselected types of alerts and potential hazards on the map; and

information comparing the performance of the driver to a cohort or population.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the visual indicators are selectable to display the information associated with the alerts.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the drive summary includes statistics for alerts encountered during the drive and a comparison to statistics for other drivers.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the drive summary includes a plurality of scores associated with different alert types and an aggregate score based on combining the plurality of scores.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending the image and the motion sensor data to a remote server.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

generating the drive summary at the remote server; and

receiving the drive summary from the remote server.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein generating the drive summary comprises generating one or more driving safety statistics based on the images and the motion sensor data.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising generating one or more ranking and/or score of each of the one or more driving safety statistics.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising generating a ranking and/or score of the drive summary.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the drive summary comprises generating a map view of each alert associated with each of the potential hazards displayed on the map view.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a prediction corresponding to a number of alerts that may be encountered in a future driving session.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating an individualized risk profile for a particular driver.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the drive summary includes one or more numbers indicating the number of lanes swerved during a driving session.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the drive summary can display one or more specific instances of the lanes swerved during a driving session and display timestamps associated with each of the one or more specific instances of the lanes swerved.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the drive summary includes and displays one or more instances of the vehicle moving above a predetermined speed based on a location.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comparing the performance of the driver to the cohort or population comprises comparisons of one or more of: overall number of alerts and/or potential hazards, average number of alerts and/or potential hazards, most common types of alerts and/or potential hazards, and cumulative safety rating.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comparing the performance of the driver to the cohort or population is displayed per type of alert and/or potential hazard.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the drive summary further comprises one or more visual indications of improvements or declines of driving safety indicators relative to one or more previous drive summaries.

19. The method of claim I, wherein the drive summary further comprises information tracking the performance of the driver over time relative to one or more previous drive summaries.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the information tracking the performance of the driver over time relative to the one or more previous drive summaries comprises tracking of an increase or reduction in the number of alerts and/or potential hazards.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2022
From: PHIAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 061870/0042 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2020
From: LI, XINYU; YU, CHEN-PING; CHANDRASEKHAR, AADITYA
To: PHIAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 051664/0509 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16255824 · Jan 24, 2019
Provisional Application 62737665 · Sep 27, 2018
Related Publication 20200126423A1 · Apr 23, 2020
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