System and method for evaluating the performance of a vehicle operated by a driving automation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12596373-B2
Application number	US-202418822685-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2024
Priority date	Aug 22, 2018
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

A computer-implemented method can include: receiving, by a computing device, driving data of a vehicle indicative of a driving automation system (DAS) operating the vehicle; receiving, by the computing device, historical system DAS rating data for a vehicle type of the vehicle; analyzing, by the computing device, a historical DAS score associated with the vehicle type with a DAS score for the vehicle to calculate a DAS rating for the vehicle; and adjusting, by the computing device, the DAS operation of the vehicle based upon the DAS rating for the vehicle. Other embodiments are described.

First claim

What is claimed:

1 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, driving data of a vehicle indicative of a driving automation system (DAS) operating the vehicle; receiving, by the computing device, historical system DAS rating data for a vehicle type of the vehicle; analyzing, by the computing device, a historical DAS score associated with the vehicle type with a DAS score for the vehicle to calculate a DAS rating for the vehicle; and adjusting, by the computing device, a DAS operation of the vehicle based upon the DAS rating for the vehicle.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the driving data of the vehicle indicative of the DAS operating the vehicle comprises:
evaluating performance features of the DAS by at least using telematics data associated with DAS performance of the vehicle type over a time period, wherein the evaluating comprises assessing driving environment data related to driving conditions encountered during the DAS operating the vehicle, and wherein the driving conditions comprise weather conditions, traffic conditions, or conditions associated with driving infrastructure; and receiving, via one or more sensors, at least a portion of the telematics data based on the DAS operating the vehicle via maneuvering, braking, accelerating, or cornering of the vehicle.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein evaluating the performance features of the DAS further comprises:
evaluating, via one or more processors, autonomous functionality of the DAS related to occurrences of vehicle accidents or collisions; and analyzing, via the one or more processors, historical accident information based on autonomous or semi-autonomous functionality of the DAS.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the historical accident information is based on types of factors, wherein the types of factors comprise a point of impact, a road type, a time of day, a weather condition, a road construction, a length of a trip, pedestrian traffic, or an internet connection, and wherein the types of factors are weighted based on at least predicted accidents or vehicle trends.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the performance features of the DAS vary with vehicle types, and wherein the conditions associated with the driving infrastructure comprise a driving surface.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the computing device, historical DAS operation data of other vehicles of the vehicle type; and analyzing, by the computing device, at least a portion of the driving data with the historical DAS operation data to calculate the DAS score for the vehicle, wherein the DAS score is calculated based on at least a portion of telematics data, the vehicle type, or driving environment data, and wherein the DAS score is based on a percentile of a performance of the vehicle.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the historical system DAS rating data comprises a standard of performance metric.

8 . A system comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, driving data of a vehicle indicative of a driving automation system (DAS) operating the vehicle; receiving, by the computing device, historical system DAS rating data for a vehicle type of the vehicle; analyzing, by the computing device, a historical DAS score associated with the vehicle type with a DAS score for the vehicle to calculate a DAS rating for the vehicle; and adjusting, by the computing device, a DAS operation of the vehicle based upon the DAS rating for the vehicle.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein receiving the driving data of the vehicle indicative of the DAS operating the vehicle comprises:
evaluating performance features of the DAS by at least using telematics data associated with DAS performance of the vehicle type over a time period, wherein the evaluating comprises assessing driving environment data related to driving conditions encountered during the DAS operating the vehicle, and wherein the driving conditions comprise weather conditions, traffic conditions, or conditions associated with driving infrastructure; and receiving, via one or more sensors, at least a portion of the telematics data based on the DAS operating the vehicle via maneuvering, braking, accelerating, or cornering of the vehicle.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein evaluating the performance features of the DAS further comprises:
evaluating, via the one or more processors, autonomous functionality of the DAS related to occurrences of vehicle accidents or collisions; and analyzing, via the one or more processors, historical accident information based on autonomous or semi-autonomous functionality of the DAS.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the historical accident information is based on types of factors, wherein the types of factors comprise a point of impact, a road type, a time of day, a weather condition, a road construction, a length of a trip, pedestrian traffic, or an internet connection, and wherein the types of factors are weighted based on at least predicted accidents or vehicle trends.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the performance features of the DAS vary with the vehicle type, and wherein the performance features are affected by driving conditions comprising a driving surface, a surface condition, weather changes, or traffic congestion.

13 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, by the computing device, historical DAS operation data of other vehicles of the vehicle type; and analyzing, by the computing device, at least a portion of the driving data with the historical DAS operation data to calculate the DAS score for the vehicle, wherein the DAS score is calculated based on at least a portion of telematics data, the vehicle type, or driving environment data, and wherein the DAS score is based on a percentile of a performance of the vehicle.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the historical system DAS rating data comprises a standard of performance metric.

15 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, driving data of a vehicle indicative of a driving automation system (DAS) operating the vehicle; receiving, by the computing device, historical system DAS rating data for a vehicle type of the vehicle; analyzing, by the computing device, a historical DAS score associated with the vehicle type with a DAS score for the vehicle to calculate a DAS rating for the vehicle; and adjusting, by the computing device, a DAS operation of the vehicle based upon the DAS rating for the vehicle.

16 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 15 , wherein receiving the driving data of the vehicle indicative of the DAS operating the vehicle comprises:
evaluating performance features of the DAS by at least using telematics data associated with DAS performance of the vehicle type over a time period, wherein the evaluating comprises assessing driving environment data related to driving conditions encountered during the DAS operating the vehicle, and wherein the driving conditions comprise weathe

Assignees

• Quanata Llc

Inventors

• Leung Theobolt N
• Dahl Eric

Classifications

• B60W50/0098

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• G07C5/085 Primary

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• B60W2050/0075

  Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means · CPC title