IP Library Granted Patent US 12,412,437
Granted Patent B2
US 12,412,437 · App. 18/142,359 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Vehicle mode determination based on edge-computing

Inventors: Venu Tammali (Chicago, IL); Clayton Jeschke (Chicago, IL); Melanie Hanna (Evanston, IL); Kyle Patrick Schmitt (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
G07C5/0841G06N20/10G07C5/0808
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Patent No.
US 12,412,437
App. No.
18/142,359
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may determine, based upon edge-computing operations, that a vehicular trip has been initiated and cause one or more sensors to collect vehicle data. One or more trip segments for at least a portion of the vehicular trip may be determined. In some aspects, for each trip segment, a first plurality of time features and a second plurality of frequency features may be determined, and may be concatenated with a third plurality of GPS features to form a feature vector. An accuracy measure may be determined based on the feature vector, and a mode for the vehicle may be predicted.

Claims (45)

1. A method comprising:

collecting vehicle data associated with a vehicle from one or more sensors based on a determination that a vehicular trip has been initiated;

determining one or more trip segments for at least a portion of the vehicular trip;

determining, using the vehicle data, one or more time domain features and one or more frequency domain features for each trip segment of the one or more trip segments;

generating a first feature vector using the one or more time domain features and the one or more frequency domain features;

after determining that a quantity of features in the first feature vector exceeds a reduced quantity of features that is sufficient for predicting a vehicle mode, generating a second feature vector that comprises the reduced quantity of features, wherein the features in the second feature vector are determined by applying principal component analysis to the features of the first feature vector;

determining an accuracy measure based on the second feature vector;

predicting a mode for the vehicle based on the accuracy measure, the mode for the vehicle includes a type of vehicle; and

ceasing the collection of vehicle data associated with the vehicle from the one or more sensors, and while the vehicle is still traveling, upon a determination that the mode can be predicted.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors are associated with one or more of the vehicle, a telematic device, or a mobile computing device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors include one or more of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a locational sensor.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle data includes one or more of location data, speed data, direction data, acceleration data, and braking data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first feature vector is generated based on one or more GPS features.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is one of an automobile, a motorcycle, scooters, a bus, a recreational vehicle, or a boat.

7. A vehicle mode determination device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory unit storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

determine one or more segments for at least a portion of a vehicular trip;

determine, using vehicle data collected via one or more sensors associated with a vehicle, one or more time domain features and one or more frequency domain features for each trip segment of the one or more segments, the vehicle data collected by one or more sensors when the vehicular trip is initiated;

generate a first feature vector by concatenating the one or more time domain features with the one or more frequency domain features;

after determining that a quantity of features in the first feature vector exceeds a reduced quantity of features that is sufficient for predicting a vehicle mode, generating a second feature vector that comprises the reduced quantity of features, wherein the features in the second feature vector are determined by applying principal component analysis to the features of the first feature vector;

determine an accuracy measure based on the second feature vector; and

predict a vehicle mode based on the accuracy measure.

8. The vehicle mode determination device of claim 7 , wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to:

cease the collection of vehicle data associated with the vehicle from the one or more sensors upon a determination that the vehicle mode can be predicted.

9. The vehicle mode determination device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more sensors are associated with one or more of a vehicle, a telematic device, or the vehicle mode determination device.

10. The vehicle mode determination device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more sensors include one or more of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a locational sensor.

11. The vehicle mode determination device of claim 7 , wherein the vehicle data includes one or more of location data, speed data, direction data, acceleration data, and braking data.

12. The vehicle mode determination device of claim 7 , wherein the first feature vector is generated based on one or more GPS features.

13. The vehicle mode determination device of claim 7 , wherein the vehicle mode includes a type of vehicle.

14. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

collect vehicle data associated with a vehicle from one or more sensors when a vehicular trip has been initiated;

determine one or more trip segments for at least a portion of the vehicular trip;

determine, using the vehicle data, one or more time domain features and one or more frequency domain features for each trip segment of the one or more trip segments;

generate a first feature vector using the one or more time domain features and the one or more frequency domain features;

after determining that a quantity of features in the first feature vector exceeds a reduced quantity of features that is sufficient for predicting a vehicle mode, generate a second feature vector that comprises the reduced quantity of features, wherein the features in the second feature vector are determined by applying principal component analysis to the features of the first feature vector;

determine, based on a machine learning model, a respective weight for one or more components of the second feature vector;

determine an accuracy measure based on the second feature vector; and

predict a mode for the vehicle based on the accuracy measure.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions of claim 14 that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to:

cease the collection of vehicle data associated with the vehicle from the one or more sensors upon a determination that the mode can be predicted.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions of claim 14 , wherein the one or more sensors are associated with one or more of the vehicle, a telematic device, or the computing device.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions of claim 14 , wherein the one or more sensors include one or more of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a locational sensor.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions of claim 14 , wherein the vehicle data includes one or more of location data, speed data, direction data, acceleration data, and braking data.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions of claim 14 , wherein the first feature vector is generated based on one or more GPS features.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2023
From: TAMMALI, VENU; JESCHKE, CLAYTON; HANNA, MELANIE; SCHMITT, KYLE PATRICK
To: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 064067/0326 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16843959 · Apr 9, 2020
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