Machine Learning Driving Data Analysis for Real-Time Vehicle Safety Output

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Solution Overview

Problem

Autonomous vehicles face challenges in identifying safe driving datasets due to insufficient data, lack of uniformity in understanding safe driving behaviors, and the need for real-time updates of operational instructions.

Innovation Solution

The use of machine learning datasets to analyze driving data from various sources, including vehicles and external data systems, to determine a safety output and generate instructions for autonomous vehicle operation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If traditional data collection methods are used to identify safe driving datasets, then data sufficiency is improved, but real-time identification capability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata sufficiencyVSAvoidreal-time identification speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-processes and stores driving data in structured formats with predefined safety criteria and machine learning models before actual evaluation is needed. This preliminary preparation enables rapid real-time assessment without compromising data sufficiency, as the heavy computational work is performed in advance rather than during critical real-time operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive data analysis is performed to determine safe driving behaviors, then measurement precision is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesafety evaluation accuracyVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The comprehensive safety evaluation process is divided into distinct segments: data collection from multiple sources, preliminary filtering based on predefined criteria, machine learning model evaluation, and final safety determination. Each segment handles specific tasks independently, allowing parallel processing and reducing overall processing time while maintaining comprehensive analysis accuracy through the coordinated execution of all segments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts evaluation parameters such as data sampling rates, analysis depth, and model complexity based on the specific driving context and available computational resources. This allows the system to maintain high measurement precision when needed while reducing processing time during routine operations, effectively balancing accuracy and speed through adaptive parameter modification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Stability of the object's composition

If manual evaluation methods are used to understand safe driving behaviors, then understanding uniformity is improved, but operational efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveunderstanding uniformityVSAvoidoperational efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where machine learning models continuously evaluate driving behaviors against established safety criteria and adjust their evaluation standards based on accumulated data and outcomes. This creates a self-improving system that maintains uniformity in safety understanding across different operations while automatically processing large volumes of data efficiently, eliminating the need for manual evaluation repetition.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The machine learning evaluation system is designed to handle multiple types of driving data and safety criteria through a single unified platform. This universal system can evaluate various driving behaviors, environmental conditions, and vehicle types using the same core methodology, ensuring consistent uniformity in safety understanding while dramatically improving operational efficiency compared to multiple specialized manual evaluation processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS12282327B2Data processing system with machine learning engine for providing driving data analysis and vehicle control functions
Publication Date: 2025.04.22 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
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AI summary

Systems and apparatuses for using machine learning to generate a safety output are provided. In some examples, data may be received from a plurality of sources, may be analyzed and one or more machine learning datasets may be generated based on the analyzed data. In some arrangements, data may be received from one or more vehicles. The vehicles may be autonomous, semi-autonomous, or non-autonomous, and/or configured to operate in one or more of those modes. The data may be evaluated based on the one or more machine learning datasets to determine a safety output associated with the data. The safety output may then be used to classify the data and/or to generate one or more instructions for operation of an autonomous vehicle. The instruction(s) may be transmitted to the autonomous vehicle and may modify operation of the vehicle (e.g., to improve safety associated with the vehicle).