| CPC G09B 19/167 (2013.01) [G09B 5/065 (2013.01)] | 22 Claims |
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1. A system for monitoring a driver's operation of a vehicle and automatically providing a lesson to a driver based on the monitoring, comprising:
a processor;
a memory in communication with the processor, the memory storing a plurality of instructions executable by the processor to cause the system to:
receive input data generated by an onboard vehicle computing system specifying actions taken by the driver while operating the vehicle;
determine based on the input data whether a driving event, requiring the lesson to be output to the driver, has occurred during the driver's operation of the vehicle;
analyze the driving event based on threshold data stored in the memory; and
automatically output the lesson to the driver based on results of the analyzing of the driving event, wherein the lesson includes a plurality of event types; and
a display screen configured to provide the lesson to the driver;
wherein the processor is programmed to control movement of the vehicle based on the results of the analyzing of the driving event during a subsequent operation of the vehicle by the driver including providing a machine intervention by the vehicle prior to a time at which the driver should implement a driver movement of the vehicle and prior to outputting a warning to the driver to implement the driver movement, thereby prompting the driver to control the vehicle in a manner corresponding to the machine intervention, wherein the machine intervention is less than what is required for complete control of the movement of the vehicle, and a degree of the machine intervention is settable and decreases as driver performance improves;
wherein the lesson includes a video, including examples of correct and incorrect driver operation for the driving event, output to the driver on the display screen and a text output to the driver in sync with the video;
wherein the processor is programmed to select a plurality of different examples of the driving event based on a diversity constraint that ensures illustrative variation in the different examples output to the driver, the diversity constraint including at least two of day/night time, urban/non-urban environment, high/low speed, wet/dry road, and winter/summer; and
wherein the lesson further includes an audio narration output to the driver in sync with the video, at least one of the text and the audio narration including a statement indicating a particular driver action that should have occurred at a specific time during the driving event and outputting the statement at a time during the video corresponding to the specific time during the driving event when the driver should have initiated the particular driver action.
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