Aggregated analytics for intelligent transportation systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10282982-B2
Application number	US-201715620250-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2017
Priority date	Dec 18, 2013
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

Various systems and methods for collecting and generating analytics of data from motor vehicle safety and operation systems are disclosed herein. In one example, various minor vehicle incidents and events such as hard braking, swerving, deceleration, are tracked and correlated to geographic locations. Event data for these incidents may be collected, aggregated, anonymized, and electronically communicated to a processing system for further analysis and identification of problematic roadway and traffic conditions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for collecting data from a motor vehicle, the method comprising operations performed by processing circuitry of an electronic device, the operations comprising:
obtaining event data from an advanced driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, wherein the electronic device is operably coupled to the advanced driver assistance system via an electronic communication bus of the motor vehicle, and wherein the event data represents data of the advanced driver assistance system from operation of the motor vehicle in a driving environment;
obtaining camera data of a scene outside the motor vehicle, wherein the camera data is a recording of conditions of the driving environment;
identifying, from the event data and the camera data, an adverse driving condition experienced by the motor vehicle in the driving environment;
correlating the event data and the camera data to location information and time information of the adverse driving condition, the location information comprising a set of geographical coordinates indicating a location of the adverse driving condition, and the time information indicating a time of the adverse driving condition; and
communicating the event data for the adverse driving condition to a remote processing service.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adverse driving condition relates to a collision, a near-miss, or a road hazard, encountered by the motor vehicle at the location.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the event data from the advanced driver assistance system includes data generated from an object detection system, an obstacle avoidance system, a collision avoidance system, a lane departure system, or a braking system, and wherein the event data indicates a type of advanced driver assistance system invoked by the adverse driving condition.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location information comprises global navigation satellite system coordinates.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic communication bus is a controller area network (CAN) bus of the motor vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the event data further includes sensor data from at least one sensor of the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
anonymizing the event data for the adverse driving condition to remove information specific to the motor vehicle, the anonymized event data including the time information and the location information, and the anonymizing operating by removing vehicle identifiable information from the event data; and
wherein the anonymized event data for the adverse driving condition is to be communicated to the remote processing service for aggregation with a plurality of adverse driving conditions from a plurality of electronic devices, wherein the aggregation of the plurality of adverse driving conditions is correlated to the location.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the anonymized event data for the adverse driving condition is to be communicated to the remote processing service via a wireless local area network connection or a cellular network connection.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the anonymized event data for the adverse driving condition is to be communicated to the remote processing service in real-time in response to the identifying of the adverse driving condition.

10. At least one non-transitory device readable storage medium, comprising a plurality of instructions adapted for collecting data from a motor vehicle, wherein the instructions, responsive to being executed with processing circuitry of an electronic device, result in the processing circuitry performing operations comprising:
initiating a collection of event data from an advanced driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, with the event data obtained from at least one sensor of the advanced driver assistance system, wherein the event data represents data of the advanced driver assistance system from operation of the motor vehicle in a driving environment;
initiating a collection of camera data from a camera system of a scene outside the motor vehicle, wherein the camera data is a recording of conditions of the driving environment;
causing identification, from the event data and the camera data, of an adverse driving condition of the motor vehicle in the driving environment;
correlating the event data and the camera data to location information and time information of the adverse driving condition, the location information comprising a set of geographical coordinates to indicate a location of the adverse driving condition, and the time information to indicate a time of the adverse driving condition; and
initiating a communication of the event data for the adverse driving condition from the electronic device to a remote processing service.

11. The device readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the adverse driving condition relates to a collision, a near-miss, or a road hazard, encountered by the motor vehicle at the location.

12. The device readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the event data from the advanced driver assistance system includes data generated from an object detection system, an obstacle avoidance system, a collision avoidance system, a lane departure system, or a braking system, and wherein the event data is to indicate a type of advanced driver assistance system invoked by the adverse driving condition.

13. The device readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the location information comprises global navigation satellite system coordinates.

14. The device readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein at least a portion of the event data is obtained via a controller area network (CAN) bus of the motor vehicle.

15. The device readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the event data further includes sensor data from at least one sensor of the electronic device.

16. The device readable storage medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
anonymizing the event data for the adverse driving condition to cause removal of information specific to the motor vehicle, the anonymized event data including the time information and the location information, and the anonymizing operating by removing vehicle identifiable information from the event data;
wherein the anonymized event data for the adverse driving condition is to be communicated to the remote processing service for aggregation with a plurality of adverse driving conditions from a plurality of electronic devices, wherein the aggregation of the plurality of adverse driving conditions is to be correlated to the location.

17. The device readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the anonymized event data for the adverse driving condition is to be communicated to the remote processing service via a wireless local area network connection or a cellular network connection.

18. The device readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the anonymized event data for the adverse driving condition is to be communicated to the remote processing service in real-time in response to the identification of the adverse driving condition.

19. A device, comprising:
interface circuitry, comprising an interface to couple with an electronic communication bus of a motor vehicle;
processing circuitry, comprising at least one processor; and
at least one memory device having a plurality of instructions stored therein, that when executed by the processing circuitry, result in the device performing operations to:
obtain event data from an advanced driver assistance syste

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Torgerson Matthew R

Classifications

• H04W4/14

  Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] · CPC title

• G01S19/42

  Determining position · CPC title

• G08G1/0133 Primary

  for classifying traffic situation · CPC title

• G08G1/16

  Anti-collision systems (road vehicle drive control systems for predicting or avoiding probable or impending collision otherwise than by control of a particular sub-unit B60W30/08) · CPC title

• G08G1/0112

  from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD] · CPC title