US 12,013,916 B2
System and method for use of pattern recognition in assessing or monitoring vehicle status or operator driving behavior
Samuel Lavie, Johannesburg (ZA); Friedl Jacobs, Johannesburg (ZA); Gil Fuchs, Nes Tziona (IL); and Johann Van Den Bergh, Johannesburg (ZA)
Assigned to Scope Technologies Holdings Limited, Tortola (VG)
Filed by Scope Technologies Holdings Limited, Tortola (VG)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/111,972.
Application 18/111,972 is a continuation of application No. 17/179,108, filed on Feb. 18, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/179,108 is a continuation of application No. 16/724,931, filed on Dec. 23, 2019, granted, now 10,929,500, issued on Feb. 23, 2021.
Application 16/724,931 is a continuation of application No. 15/809,425, filed on Nov. 10, 2017, granted, now 10,546,042, issued on Jan. 28, 2020.
Application 15/809,425 is a continuation of application No. 13/679,722, filed on Nov. 16, 2012, granted, now 9,824,064, issued on Nov. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/578,511, filed on Dec. 21, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0281264 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 17/00 (2013.01) [G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented, in-vehicle system for determining status of a stationary vehicle, comprising:
a three perpendicular component accelerometer located in the vehicle and configured to generate vehicle acceleration data representing changes in acceleration acting on the stationary vehicle;
a memory containing predefined acceleration patterns representing motion of the vehicle responsive to accelerations acting on the vehicle, including accelerations acting on the vehicle while stationary;
and a microprocessor programmed to receive said vehicle acceleration data from the accelerometer and to compare, using pattern recognition, the predefined acceleration patterns to the vehicle acceleration data and, upon finding one or more pattern matches, to make a determination of stationary vehicle status corresponding to the matched acceleration pattern, and
a telecommunications device in communication with the microprocessor wherein, in the event of an emergency, a number of vehicle entry and exit is automatically communicated to a rescue or emergency service; and
wherein said predefined vehicle acceleration patterns stored in memory for accelerations acting on the stationary vehicle comprise patterns representing motion of the vehicle responsive to vehicle entry and exit events.