US 11,721,238 B1
System and method for determining a quality of driving of a vehicle
Brian Mark Fields, Phoenix, AZ (US); Nicholas R. Baker, Normal, IL (US); and Lee Marvin John Assam, El Paso, IL (US)
Assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed by STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/897,041.
Application 16/897,041 is a continuation of application No. 15/218,965, filed on Jul. 25, 2016, granted, now 10,720,080.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/256,799, filed on Nov. 18, 2015.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09B 19/16 (2006.01); G09B 19/14 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 19/167 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01); G09B 19/14 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for determining a quality of driving of a vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving, using one or more processors by a computer network, information indicating a driving metric associated with a driving of the vehicle, the information indicating the driving metric including a measured following distance between the vehicle and a forward vehicle, crowdsourced data indicative of a location or a speed of a plurality of vehicles proximate to the vehicle;
determining, using the one or more processors, information indicating a driving condition that includes a current traffic density indicative of the location or the speed of the plurality of vehicles proximate to the vehicle based on the crowdsourced data, and by comparing the measured following distance to a threshold following distance;
adjusting, using the one or more processors, the threshold following distance between the vehicle and the forward vehicle based on the current traffic density, wherein the threshold following distance is included in the information indicating the driving condition;
determining, using the one or more processors, an indication of the quality of the driving of the vehicle based on the information indicating the driving metric and the information indicating the driving condition; and
providing, within a user interface using the one or more processors, the indication of the quality of the driving of the vehicle to at least one of the driver, a driving instructor, or an insurance provider providing insurance coverage with respect to at least one of the vehicle or the driver, wherein the user interface is configured to playback a portion of the driving of the vehicle.