US 11,935,342 B2
Detecting of automatic driving
William Anderson Barnes, Los Angeles, CA (US); Randall C. Adams, Malibu, CA (US); Daniel R. Peate, Thousand Oaks, CA (US); Steven Anthony Bentz, Simi Valley, CA (US); and G. Edward Combs, Agoura Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Avinew, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed by Avinew, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,243.
Application 16/871,393 is a division of application No. 16/560,153, filed on Sep. 4, 2019, granted, now 10,650,623, issued on May 12, 2020.
Application 17/663,243 is a continuation of application No. 16/871,393, filed on May 11, 2020, granted, now 11,354,952.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/732,956, filed on Sep. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0270413 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G06N 3/04 (2023.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01)
CPC G07C 5/085 (2013.01) [G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a computer system, heuristic rules that define a likelihood of an automatic driving feature having been engaged as a function of sequential vehicle performance;
providing sequential vehicle operation data related to a trip made by a vehicle that has the automatic driving feature, the sequential vehicle operation data including an indication of operation of the vehicle during a sequence of time intervals of the trip, and the sequential vehicle operation data not including an explicit indication of whether the automatic driving feature was engaged during any time intervals of the sequence of time intervals; and
generating, by the computer system, automatic driving information for the vehicle by evaluating the sequential vehicle operation data against the heuristic rules, the automatic driving information providing an indication of whether the automatic driving feature was engaged during a subset of the time intervals; and
wherein:
the sequential vehicle operation data includes primary operation data that includes received primary operation data received from sensors within the vehicle that detect physical operation of the vehicle.