US 11,951,995 B2
Identifying driver and route characteristics based on vehicle data
Andreas U. Kuehnle, Villa Park, CA (US); and Shaun M. Howard, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, Elyria, OH (US)
Filed by Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, Elyria, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/224,739.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324461 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 40/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 40/09 (2013.01) [B60W 40/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); G01C 21/3617 (2013.01); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02); B60W 2556/50 (2020.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of characterizing the performance of a plurality of drivers and a plurality of routes, comprising:
identifying the plurality of routes;
receiving a plurality of vehicle events collected or generated by an onboard computing system of a plurality of vehicles operated by the plurality of drivers via a network;
characterizing a difficulty of each of the plurality of routes based on the plurality of vehicle events;
characterizing a performance of the plurality of drivers based on a subset or all of the plurality of vehicle events collected or received;
assigning at least one driver of the plurality of drivers to a selected route of the plurality of routes based on the characterized performance of the at least one driver and the difficulty of the plurality of routes; and
modifying operation of a vehicle operated by the at least one assigned driver based on the characterized performance of the at least one driver, wherein
the vehicle is a first vehicle equipped with a sensor and previously operated by a first driver of the plurality of drivers, and
the characterizing the performance of the plurality of drivers further comprises:
substituting first vehicle event data of a first driver of the plurality of drivers for second vehicle event data of a second driver operating a second vehicle not equipped with the sensor.