US 12,325,442 B2
Systems and methods for managing speed thresholds for vehicles
Samuel Thomas Kruse, San Diego, CA (US); David Wagstaff, San Diego, CA (US); and Jason Palmer, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to SmartDrive Systems, Inc., Westlake, TX (US)
Filed by SmartDrive Systems, Inc., Westlake, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/415,150.
Application 18/415,150 is a continuation of application No. 18/066,073, filed on Dec. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,945,462.
Application 18/066,073 is a continuation of application No. 17/235,877, filed on Apr. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,565,712, issued on Jan. 31, 2023.
Application 17/235,877 is a continuation of application No. 16/891,782, filed on Jun. 3, 2020, granted, now 10,988,146, issued on Apr. 27, 2021.
Application 16/891,782 is a continuation of application No. 16/798,231, filed on Feb. 21, 2020, granted, now 10,683,017, issued on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0149901 A1, May 9, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60W 50/14 (2020.01); B60W 30/14 (2006.01); B60W 50/08 (2020.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/69 (2024.01)
CPC B60W 50/14 (2013.01) [B60W 30/146 (2013.01); B60W 50/085 (2013.01); G08G 1/20 (2013.01); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02); B60W 2756/10 (2020.02); G05D 1/0291 (2013.01); G05D 1/69 (2024.01)] 13 Claims
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1. A system configured for managing speed thresholds for a fleet of vehicles, wherein the vehicles include a vehicle located at a current vehicle location, the system comprising:
electronic storage configured to store information, wherein the information represents a first association between a first weather-related condition and a first arithmetic operation used to determine a given current speed threshold in case a posted speed limit falls within a first range of speed limits, wherein the given current speed threshold is determined by applying the first arithmetic operation to the posted speed limit in case the posted speed limit falls within the first range of speed limits; and
an event detector configured to detect vehicle events, wherein the event detector is carried by the vehicle, wherein the event detector includes one or more processors configured by particular machine-readable instructions to:
receive, from a server external to the system, weather-related information for the current vehicle location;
automatically determine, by the one or more processors included in the event detector, a first current speed threshold based on a first current posted speed limit at the current vehicle location, wherein, responsive to the first current posted speed limit falling within the first range of speed limits and further responsive to the first weather-related condition being currently present at the current vehicle location, the first current speed threshold is determined by applying the first arithmetic operation to the first current posted speed limit such that the first current speed threshold is lower than the first current posted speed limit; and
automatically detect, by the one or more processors included in the event detector, a first occurrence of a first vehicle event, responsive to a current speed of the vehicle exceeding the first current speed threshold.