Systems and methods for using risk profiles for creating and deploying new vehicle event definitions to a fleet of vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11815898-B2
Application number	US-202217571339-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2022
Priority date	May 1, 2019
Publication date	Nov 14, 2023
Grant date	Nov 14, 2023

Abstract

Systems and methods for using risk profiles for creating and deploying new vehicle event definitions to a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a first risk profile, a second risk profile, and vehicle event characterization information; select individual ones of the previously detected vehicle events that have one or more characteristics in common; determine circumstances for at least a predefined period prior to occurrences of the selected vehicle events; create a new vehicle event definition based on the determined set of circumstances; distribute the new vehicle event definition to individual vehicles in the fleet of vehicles; and receive additional vehicle event information from the individual vehicles in the fleet of vehicles.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system configured for using particular information for creating and deploying new vehicle event definitions to a fleet of vehicles including a first vehicle configured to detect first vehicle events by the first vehicle and a second vehicle configured to detect second vehicle events by the second vehicle, wherein the particular information includes a first risk profile, a second risk profile, and vehicle event characterization information, wherein the first risk profile is specific to a certain context for detecting vehicle events, wherein the first risk profile characterizes a first set of values representing likelihoods of occurrences of vehicle events matching the certain context, wherein the occurrences of the vehicle events include collisions, wherein the second risk profile is specific to one or more operators, wherein the second risk profile characterizes a second set of values representing likelihoods of occurrences of vehicle events matching the one or more operators, and wherein the vehicle event characterization information characterizes one or more types of vehicle events to be used in creating and deploying the new vehicle event definitions, the system comprising:
one or more hardware processors configured by machine-readable instructions to
automatically select, by the one or more hardware processors, individual ones of previously detected vehicle events that have one or more characteristics in common, wherein the one or more characteristics include one or more of geographical location, time of day, demographic information of vehicle operators, and/or a sequence of operations performed by the vehicle operators, wherein the selection is based on one or more of the first risk profile, the second risk profile, and the vehicle event characterization information;
automatically determine, by the one or more hardware processors, circumstances prior to occurrences of the selected individual ones of the previously detected vehicle events;
automatically create, by the one or more hardware processors, a new vehicle event definition based on the determined set of circumstances;
transfer, by the one or more hardware processors, instructions that include the new vehicle event definition to the first and second vehicle, wherein the instructions are transferred electronically across an electronic communication network that connects the system to the first vehicle and the second vehicle, wherein the instructions instruct the first and second vehicle to detect one or more additional vehicle events in accordance with the new vehicle event definition; and
receive, by the one or more hardware processors, additional vehicle event information that has been transferred electronically across the electronic communication network by the first vehicle and the second vehicle, wherein the additional vehicle event information includes information regarding a first additional vehicle event and a second additional vehicle event that have been detected in accordance with the instructions.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to:
present, via a user interface, the information regarding the first additional vehicle event and the second additional vehicle event to at least one of a fleet manager and a stakeholder.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising the first vehicle and the second vehicle.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to:
modify one or more of the first risk profile and/or the second risk profile based on the additional vehicle event information.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first set of values and the second set of values are based on the vehicle event information, wherein the previously detected vehicle events have been detected by individual vehicles in the fleet of vehicles, wherein the vehicle event information includes the certain context for the previously detected vehicle events and the one or more operators for the previously detected vehicle events.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the certain context for detecting vehicle events includes one or more of location, local weather, heading of one or more vehicles, and/or traffic conditions.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the certain context for detecting vehicle events includes one or more of objects on roadways during detection of vehicle events, other incidents within a particular timeframe of detection of vehicle events, time of day, lane information, and/or presence of autonomously operated vehicles within a particular proximity.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more types of vehicle events include a first type of vehicle event, and wherein the first type of vehicle event involves a vehicle exceeding a speed threshold.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more types of vehicle events include a first type of vehicle event, and wherein the first type of vehicle event involves one or more of swerving, a U-turn, freewheeling, over-revving, lane-departure, short following distance, unsafe turning that approaches rollover and/or vehicle stability limits, hard braking, rapid acceleration, idling, driving outside a geo-fence boundary, crossing double-yellow lines, passing on single-lane roads, a certain number of lane changes within a certain amount of time or distance, fast lane change, cutting off other vehicles during lane-change speeding, running a red light, running a stop sign, parking a vehicle, and/or performing fuel-inefficient maneuvers.

10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising the first vehicle, wherein the first vehicle is configured to detect the first additional vehicle event based on the new vehicle event definition.

11. A method for using particular information for creating and deploying new vehicle event definitions to a fleet of vehicles including a first vehicle that detects first vehicle events and a second vehicle that detects second vehicle events, the method being implemented in a computer system that includes one or more hardware processors, wherein the particular information includes a first risk profile, a second risk profile, and vehicle event characterization information, wherein the first risk profile is specific to a certain context for detecting vehicle events, wherein the first risk profile characterizes a first set of values representing likelihoods of occurrences of vehicle events matching the certain context, wherein the occurrences of the vehicle events include collisions, wherein the second risk profile is specific to one or more operators, wherein the second risk profile characterizes a second set of values representing likelihoods of occurrences of vehicle events matching the one or more operators, and wherein the vehicle event characterization information characterizes one or more types of vehicle events to be used in creating and deploying the new vehicle event definitions, the method comprising:
automatically selecting, by the one or more hardware processors, individual ones of previously detected vehicle events that have one or more characteristics in common, wherein the one or more characteristics include one or more of geographical location, time of day, demographic information of vehicle operators, and/or a sequence of operations performed by the vehicle operators, wherein the selection is based on one or more of the first risk profile, the second risk profile, and the vehicle event characterization information;
automatically determining, by the one or more hardware processors, circumstances prior to occurrences of the selected individual ones of the previously detected

Assignees

• Smartdrive Systems Inc

Inventors

• Brookins Nicholas Shayne
• Forney David
• Ghanbari Reza
• Palmer Jason
• Freitas Mark

Classifications

• G05D1/0291

  Fleet control (monitoring fleets in traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/127, G08G1/127) · CPC title

• G05D1/0214 Primary

  in accordance with safety or protection criteria, e.g. avoiding hazardous areas (monitoring the location of vehicles within a certain area, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas, in traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/13) · CPC title

• G05D1/693

  for avoiding collisions between vehicles · CPC title

• G05D1/69

  Coordinated control of the position or course of two or more vehicles · CPC title

• G05D1/617 Primary

  Safety or protection, e.g. defining protection zones around obstacles or avoiding hazards (arrangements for controlling the position or course of two or more vehicles for avoiding collisions therebetween G05D1/693; arrangements for reacting to or preventing system or operator failure G05D1/80) · CPC title