Systems and methods for generating and providing timely vehicle event information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12573247-B2
Application number	US-202318366508-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2023
Priority date	Jul 2, 2018
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a system configured to generate and provide timely vehicle event information for a fleet of vehicles including at least a first vehicle. Individual vehicles detect vehicle events and transmit related information to a remote computing server. The remote computing server determines whether the detected vehicles events are relevant to add to a set of vehicle events scenarios. For example, if a particular vehicle event is duplicative of a previous vehicle event, if may not need to be added. The newest vehicles events may be reported at certain intervals, in particular if they are indicative of a trend.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system configured to generate vehicle event information, the system configured to couple with a fleet of vehicles including a first vehicle, the system comprising:
electronic storage configured to store information, wherein the stored information is related to vehicle events and wherein the stored information represents circumstances around a particular vehicle for at least a first predefined period prior to occurrences of potential vehicle events, wherein the potential vehicle events have particular event types, and wherein the potential vehicle events include geographical locations; and a remote computing server including one or more processors configured via machine-readable instructions to:
receive, from the first vehicle, information related to a detected vehicle event, wherein the detected vehicle event is associated with a particular geographical location, and wherein the detected vehicle event has a particular event type;
compare the received information from the first vehicle with the stored information; and
based on the comparison, determine whether to add a new vehicle event to the stored information, wherein the new vehicle event is based on the received information.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes one or more environmental conditions.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes one or more weather conditions.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes one or more traffic conditions.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes information pertaining to visibility.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes traffic information.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes one or more road surface conditions.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes information related to nearby objects.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes information obtained from a human observer.

10 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a set of resources carried by the first vehicle, wherein the set of resources includes a transceiver and one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors are configured to generate output signals conveying information related to one or both of circumstances around the first vehicle and/or operating conditions of the first vehicle, wherein the set of resources is configured to detect vehicle events, including the detected vehicle event, based on the generated output signals, wherein the transceiver is configured to transfer and receive information to and from the remote computing server, and wherein the transferred information includes vehicle-specific information related to the detected vehicle event.

11 . A method for generating vehicle event information, the method being implemented in a system including a remote computing server, the system being coupled to a fleet of vehicles including a first vehicle, the method comprising:
storing information, wherein the stored information is related to vehicle events and wherein the stored information represents circumstances around a particular vehicle for at least a first predefined period prior to occurrences of potential vehicle events, wherein the potential vehicle events have particular event types, and wherein the potential vehicle events include geographical locations; receiving, from the first vehicle, information related to a detected vehicle event, wherein the detected vehicle event is associated with a particular geographical location, and wherein the detected vehicle event has a particular event type; comparing the received information from the first vehicle with the stored information; and based on the comparison, determining whether to add a new vehicle event to the stored information, wherein the new vehicle event is based on the received information.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes one or more environmental conditions.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes one or more weather conditions.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes one or more traffic conditions.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes information pertaining to visibility.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes traffic information.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes one or more road surface conditions.

18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes information related to nearby objects.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the received information related to the detected vehicle event further includes information obtained from a human observer.

Assignees

• Smartdrive Systems Inc

Inventors

• Freitas Mark
• Palmer Jason
• Ghanbari Reza
• Brookins Nicholas Shayne
• Sljivar Slaven
• Parshall Barry James
• Deninger Daniel Andrew

Classifications

• G06F30/20

  Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30) · CPC title

• G06F16/9537

  Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries · CPC title

• G06F16/2462

  Approximate or statistical queries · CPC title

• G06F16/29

  Geographical information databases · CPC title

• G07C5/02

  Registering or indicating driving, working, idle, or waiting time only (apparatus forming part of taximeters G07B13/00) · CPC title