Driver Evaluation Management Method and Control Server Using the Same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023186220-A1
Application number	US-202217734565-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 2, 2022
Priority date	Dec 13, 2021
Publication date	Jun 15, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

An embodiment driver evaluation method performed by a control server includes receiving air quality data from a sensor in a vehicle, determining an internal state of a vehicle as a smoking state, an air pollution state, or a normal state based on the air quality data, transmitting a driving grade range to a passenger terminal, the driving grade range having an adjusted evaluation score reduced by at least one level from a reference score as a highest point in response to the determined internal state being the smoking state, determining a driver evaluation score for driving of the vehicle based on a driving grade in response to the driving grade within the driving grade range being received from the passenger terminal, and storing the driver evaluation score in a database.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A driver evaluation method performed by a control server, the method comprising:
receiving air quality data from a sensor in a vehicle; determining an internal state of the vehicle as a smoking state, an air pollution state, or a normal state based on the air quality data; transmitting a driving grade range to a passenger terminal, the driving grade range having an adjusted evaluation score reduced by at least one level from a reference score as a highest point in response to the determined internal state being the smoking state; determining a driver evaluation score for driving of the vehicle based on a driving grade in response to the driving grade within the driving grade range being received from the passenger terminal; and storing the driver evaluation score in a database.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an adjusted score to which a penalty is applied as the driver evaluation score for the driving of the vehicle in response to the driving grade not being received from the passenger terminal.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting a signal indicating air pollution to a driver terminal and the passenger terminal in response to the determined internal state being the air pollution state; receiving first air quality data from the sensor after a predetermined time has elapsed from transmission of the signal indicating the air pollution; and determining whether the internal state is the normal state based on the first air quality data.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising determining the driver evaluation score for the driving of the vehicle based on the driving grade in response to the internal state not being determined as the normal state based on the first air quality data and the driving grade being received from the passenger terminal.

5 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising determining an adjusted score to which a penalty is applied as the driver evaluation score for the driving of the vehicle in response to the internal state not being determined as the normal state based on the first air quality data and the driving grade not being received from the passenger terminal.

6 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising transmitting a signal terminating the signal indicating the air pollution to the driver terminal and the passenger terminal in response to the internal state being determined as the normal state based on the first air quality data.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the internal state as the normal state in response to the determined internal state not being the smoking state or the air pollution state.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising forwarding a call request to one of a plurality of driver terminals based on the driver evaluation score.

9 . A driver evaluation management system comprising:
a sensor for inclusion in a vehicle and configured to measure a concentration of a smoking index capable of being determined as a smoking state and a pollution index capable of being determined as an air pollution state to generate air quality data; and a control server configured to:
determine an internal state of a vehicle as the smoking state, the air pollution state, or a normal state based on the air quality data in response to the air quality data being received from the sensor;
provide a notification to a driver terminal and a passenger terminal in response to the internal state being determined as the smoking state or the air pollution state; and
determine a driver evaluation score based on the internal state.

10 . The driver evaluation management system of claim 9 , wherein the control server comprises:
a communication unit connected to the sensor, the driver terminal, and the passenger terminal via a network, the communication unit configured to:
receive the air quality data from the sensor; and
transmit a signal indicating a smoking notification or a signal indicating an air pollution notification to the driver terminal and the passenger terminal in response to the internal state being determined as the smoking state or the air pollution state, respectively;
a controller configured to:
determine the internal state as the smoking state, the air pollution state, or the normal state based on the air quality data; and
determine the driver evaluation score based on a driving grade received from the passenger terminal according to the internal state or determine an adjusted evaluation score to which a penalty is applied as the driver evaluation score according to the determined internal state; and
a storage unit configured to store the driver evaluation score in a database.

11 . The driver evaluation management system of claim 10 , wherein in response to a determination that the internal state is the smoking state, the communication unit is configured to request input of the driving grade to the passenger terminal after driving of the vehicle is finished and transmit the adjusted evaluation score of which a highest point of a driving grade range is reduced by at least one level from a reference evaluation score.

12 . The driver evaluation management system of claim 11 , wherein in response to a signal indicating the driving grade is received from the passenger terminal, the controller is configured to determine the driver evaluation score based on the received driving grade.

13 . The driver evaluation management system of claim 11 , wherein in response to a signal indicating the driving grade not being received from the passenger terminal, the controller is configured to determine the adjusted evaluation score to which the penalty is applied as the driver evaluation score.

14 . The driver evaluation management system of claim 10 , wherein in response to a determination that the internal state is the air pollution state, the communication unit is configured to:
transmit a signal indicating the air pollution notification to the driver terminal and the passenger terminal; and receive first air quality data from the sensor after a certain time has elapsed from a time point at which the signal indicating the air pollution notification was transmitted.

15 . The driver evaluation management system of claim 14 , wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the internal state is the normal state based on the first air quality data.

16 . The driver evaluation management system of claim 15 , wherein in response to a determination that the internal state is not the normal state, the communication unit is configured to:
request input of the driving grade to the passenger terminal after driving of the vehicle is finished; and transmit the adjusted evaluation score of which a highest point of a driving grade range is reduced by at least one level from a reference evaluation score.

17 . The driver evaluation management system of claim 16 , wherein in response to a signal indicating the driving grade not being received from the passenger terminal, the controller is configured to determine the adjusted evaluation score to which the penalty is applied as the driver evaluation score.

18 . The driver evaluation management system of claim 9 , wherein the control server is configured to forward a call request to one of a plurality of driver terminals based on the determined driver evaluation score.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp

Inventors

• Lee Hanul
• Kim Sojeong

Classifications

• G01N33/0004

  Gaseous mixtures, e.g. polluted air · CPC title

• G06Q30/0282 Primary

  Rating or review of business operators or products · CPC title

• G06Q10/0639 Primary

  Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations · CPC title

• G06Q50/30

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06Q10/06

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title