System and method for determining a driver in a telematic application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11734963-B2
Application number	US-202117348006-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2021
Priority date	Mar 12, 2013
Publication date	Aug 22, 2023
Grant date	Aug 22, 2023

Abstract

A system and method for a telematic application on a mobile electronic device that can include detecting, in the telematic application, vehicular travel; collecting, in the telematic application, driver status identification data; determining a driver status based on the driver status identification data; recording the driver status; and recording telematic data based on the driver status.

First claim

I claim:

1. A method for identifying a driver operating a vehicle, the method comprising:
at a mobile user device arranged in a vehicle, collecting:
a first set of data, wherein the first set of data comprises at least one of location data and motion data associated with the vehicle, wherein the first set of data comprises location data collected from a location sensor onboard the mobile user device;
a second set of data, wherein the second set of data comprises relative position data associated with the mobile user device relative to the vehicle;

adjusting a sampling frequency associated with the location sensor based on detecting that the mobile user device is connected to a power source;
based on the first set of data, determining a vehicle identifier of the vehicle;
based on the second set of data, determining a relative position of the mobile user device within the vehicle; and
based on the relative position of the mobile user device within the vehicle and the vehicle identifier, determining an identity of the driver operating the vehicle during the time period.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set of data comprises a set of beacon signals.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the set of beacon signals is emitted by a set of beacons arranged onboard the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the set of beacon signals comprises Bluetooth signals.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the relative position of the mobile user device is further determined based on a predetermined location of a beacon within the vehicle, wherein the beacon emits the relative position data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of data comprises motion data collected from an accelerometer of the mobile user device, wherein the method further comprises updating a risk score associated with the driver based on the motion data.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising determining at least one of a set of acceleration events and a set of hard braking events based on the motion data, wherein the risk score is updated based on the at least one of a set of acceleration events and a set of hard braking events.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the sampling frequency comprises increasing the sampling frequency.

Assignees

• Zendrive Inc

Inventors

• Matus Jonathan

Classifications

• G07C5/008 Primary

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title

• G10L25/48

  specially adapted for particular use · CPC title

• H04Q9/00

  Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom · CPC title

• H04W4/027 Primary

  using movement velocity, acceleration information · CPC title

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title