Vehicle Driving Quality Assessment With Crowdsourced Route Feedback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional methods for assessing vehicle driving quality are limited in providing comprehensive information and flexibility, and are difficult for driving instructors to perform effectively, especially from a passenger seat.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that utilizes various driving condition information indicating devices to receive and analyze driving metrics, determining the quality of driving and providing indications to drivers, instructors, or insurance providers through a networked system.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a driving instructor visually checks the speedometer reading to assess driving quality, then the assessment can be performed with simple equipment, but the ease of operation deteriorates because it is difficult to perform from a passenger seat

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of assessment equipmentVSAvoidease of performing driving assessment

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual visual inspection method with an automated electronic system that uses sensors, processors, and communication networks to automatically collect and analyze driving data, eliminating the need for manual speedometer checking by the instructor

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary automated assessment system that acts as a mediator between the driving metrics and the instructor, automatically collecting data from various sensors and presenting processed information to the instructor, thereby making the assessment process easier to operate from the passenger seat

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Device complexity

If conventional techniques are used to assess driving quality, then the device complexity remains low, but the quantity of information provided deteriorates because only limited driving information is available

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomplexity of assessment systemVSAvoidquantity of driving information

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a multi-functional assessment system that simultaneously monitors multiple driving metrics including speed, acceleration, braking, steering, and other vehicle parameters, providing comprehensive driving information through a single integrated system

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent divides the driving assessment into multiple independent metric components (speed metric, acceleration metric, braking metric, etc.), each collected and processed separately before being integrated into a comprehensive driving quality assessment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Device complexity

If speedometer checking is used to assess driving, then the measurement process is simple, but the measurement precision deteriorates because it only provides speed information at a particular time without context

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of measurementVSAvoidprecision of driving quality assessment

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary actions by collecting and storing multiple driving metrics over time before making an assessment, gathering contextual information about driving patterns, conditions, and variations that enhance the precision of the final driving quality evaluation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor driving metrics, compare them against established standards or targets, and provide real-time or post-trip feedback to improve the precision of driving quality assessment through iterative evaluation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

4Device complexity

If conventional driving assessment methods are used, then the system remains simple, but the adaptability deteriorates because there is minimal flexibility in how information is provided

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesimplicity of assessment systemVSAvoidflexibility of information provision

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a dynamic assessment system that can adapt its information provision based on different user needs, allowing the same system to provide real-time feedback to drivers, detailed reports to instructors, or summarized data to insurance providers, making the system versatile and flexible

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250356779A1System and method for determining a quality of driving of a vehicle

Publication Date: 2025.11.20 STATE FARM MUTAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY

AI summary

A computer-implemented method for determining a quality of driving of a vehicle is presented. The method may include receiving, during a trip, information indicating a driving metric associated with a driving of the vehicle, and crowdsourced data indicative of the driving metric. The method may further include determining an indication of the quality of the driving of the vehicle based on the information indicating the driving metric. The indication of the quality of driving may indicate a low quality of driving or a high quality of driving during a portion of the trip along a route traveled by the vehicle. The method may further include providing, within a user interface during the trip, a playback of the driving of the vehicle that visually indicates the quality of the driving of the vehicle as a gradation on a section of a map corresponding to the portion of the trip.