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Motor vehicle operating data collection and analysis

a technology for operating data and vehicles, applied in vehicle position/course/altitude control, process and machine control, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of limiting the usefulness of the product for creating a complete dataset, limiting the usefulness of the data, and the unit does not provide gps capability, so as to achieve the effect of reducing the use of fraudulently

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-06-23
ALLSTATE INSURANCE
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"The present invention is about evaluating and storing recorded data from a motor vehicle's components, such as speed and throttle position, and correlating it with external data like weather and traffic information. This data can be used for analysis and comparison with other drivers, as well as predictive modeling of future behavior. The invention utilizes existing vehicle monitoring systems and can also include GPS data. The collected data is transferred to a processor and can be stored and analyzed. The invention also allows for flexible evaluation of data based on various factors and can be used in conjunction with a business subscription service. The invention also teaches wireless communication between vehicle components and the recording of data from onboard cameras and sensors."

Problems solved by technology

This limits the product's usefulness for creating a complete dataset suitable for developing a useful and objective driver safety ratings.
The shortcoming of the CarChip product is that the unit does not provide GPS capability and the target market is for car enthusiasts who want to monitor engine diagnostics.
This feature limits the usefulness of the data and does not allow for the development of an independent rating system.
The existing systems and devices also ignore the profound behavioral characteristics exhibited by drivers in operating motor vehicles, e.g., aggressiveness or patience, caution or recklessness, compliance with laws, etc.
Existing technology applications do not centrally store the data and interpret it in context to provide a useful service to society.

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[0048] The above general description and the following detailed description are merely illustrative of the subject invention and additional modes, advantages and particulars of this invention will be readily suggested to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

[0049] The invention comprises multiple steps, beginning with the collection of data at regular time intervals, preferably at least as frequently as approximately every two seconds. The data includes the publicly available operational data from an industry standard port such as a SAE-1962 connector, or an on board diagnostic (“OBD”) port or other vehicle data acquiring component. For example, operation data accessible via the OBDII port includes speed and engine throttle position or other variable power controls of the vehicle power source. It may also include so called “extended OBDII” or OBDIII datasets that are specific to each manufacturer and also available with manufacturer ...

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for collecting and evaluating powered vehicle operation utilizing on-board diagnostic components and location determining components or systems. The invention creates one or more databases whereby identifiable behavior or evaluative characteristics can be analyzed or categorized. The evaluation can include predicting likely future events. The database can be correlated or evaluated with other databases for a wide variety of uses.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 467,845 entitled “Motor Vehicle Operating Data Gathering Methodology and Analysis for Eventual Use with Underwriter Statistic Metrics” and filed May 6, 2003. This application is a continuation in part application of application Ser. No. 10 / 832,521 filed Apr. 27, 2004.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of Use [0003] The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for evaluating recorded data of a driver's operation of a motor vehicle. The invention is not limited to trucks and automobiles but includes all powered equipment such as boats, airplanes and railroads. The invention utilizes time marked data that can be correlated with information from separate databases, particularly data that is also time marked. The recorded data may facilitate the vehicle owner monitoring the use of the vehicle by others, e.g., employees, automobile renters or fa...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G07C5/00G07C5/02G07C5/08
CPCG01M17/00G07C5/008G07C5/0858G07C5/08G07C5/02
Inventor PHELAN, JOSEPHPERQUIN, JOHANNES A.
Owner ALLSTATE INSURANCE
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