Driver Scoring Using Human, Vehicle, and Context Vectors

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to comprehensively assess driver behavior by considering a combination of human, vehicle, and contextual factors, limiting the effectiveness of driver scoring and adaptive responses.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that embeds human, vehicle, and context influencing factors into respective vectors, concatenates them, and determines a driver score using a machine learning algorithm, with an adaptive response engine providing tailored recommendations based on the major influencer.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If existing systems assess driver behavior, then driver scoring is provided, but the assessment is not comprehensive enough to consider human, vehicle, and contextual factors together

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriver behavior assessment accuracyVSAvoidcomprehensiveness of factors considered
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges three separate assessment dimensions (human factors, vehicle factors, and contextual factors) into a unified driver scoring system. Each dimension is embedded into vectors that are concatenated to form a comprehensive assessment, allowing the system to consider multiple influencing factors simultaneously rather than assessing them in isolation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Reliability

If driver scoring is provided without considering multiple influencing factors, then the system is simpler, but the effectiveness of driver scoring and adaptive responses is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveeffectiveness of driver scoringVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the driver scoring system into three distinct modules: human factor assessment, vehicle factor assessment, and contextual factor assessment. Each module processes specific types of data independently before their results are integrated through vector concatenation. This segmentation allows the system to manage complexity while maintaining comprehensive and reliable scoring.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Measurement precision

If comprehensive factors are incorporated into driver scoring, then accuracy and relevance are enhanced, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriver score accuracyVSAvoidsystem structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms multiple influencing factors into standardized vector representations, changing the parameters from diverse data types into a unified format suitable for machine learning processing. This parameter transformation enables the system to handle complex multi-dimensional data while maintaining computational efficiency and system manageability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS20250319882A1System and method for determining a driver score
Publication Date: 2025.10.16 GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
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AI summary

A method of determining a driver score for a driver of a vehicle. The method includes receiving at least one human influencing factor and embedding the at least one human influencing factor as a human vector, receiving at least one vehicle influencing factor and embedding the at least one vehicle influencing factor as a vehicle vector, and receiving at least one context influencing factor and embedding the at least one context influencing factor as a context vector. The method also concatenates the human vector, the vehicle vector, and the context vector to generate a concatenated vector and determines the driver score for the driver based on the concatenated vector utilizing a machine learning algorithm.