Fleet Driver Training Feedback for Undesirable Event Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current vehicle fleet management systems lack effective methods for automatically reinforcing safe driving behaviors and controlling vehicle systems based on dynamic pedagogical feedback, particularly for drivers who consistently exhibit undesirable events.

Innovation Solution

The system processes event-based data to identify pedagogical event pairs, clusters drivers by event occurrence rates, and generates training lessons using paired 'good' and 'bad' response videos, which are administered to drivers and used to autonomously control vehicle systems.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual training and coaching are provided to drivers with high rates of bad events, then driver behavior improvement may be achieved, but the process is time-consuming and resource-intensive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriver behavior safetyVSAvoidtraining time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables drivers to automatically receive personalized training content based on their own event data. The automated system identifies bad events, selects appropriate training modules, and delivers them without manual intervention, allowing drivers to self-improve through targeted training rather than requiring continuous manual coaching oversight

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors driver events and provides immediate feedback by automatically generating and delivering training content based on detected bad events. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures drivers receive timely, relevant training without manual intervention, improving behavior while reducing time loss through automation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If individualized training is provided to each driver based on their specific events, then training effectiveness improves, but system complexity and data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetraining effectivenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by providing customized training content tailored to each driver's specific bad events and performance patterns. Rather than uniform training for all drivers, the system analyzes individual event data and delivers targeted training modules that address each driver's unique weaknesses, improving effectiveness while managing complexity through focused personalization

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters by dynamically adjusting training content based on driver-specific event patterns. The automated analysis of event data allows the system to modify training parameters (content selection, timing, frequency) for each driver individually, achieving high effectiveness without proportional increases in system complexity through algorithmic parameter optimization

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If remedial training is provided before adjustments to vehicle systems, then driver behavior may improve, but the overall response time to reduce bad events is extended

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriver behavior improvementVSAvoidresponse speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically preparing and delivering training content immediately upon detecting bad events, without waiting for manual assessment or sequential vehicle system adjustments. This preliminary automated training intervention occurs in parallel with other remedial actions, reducing overall response time while maintaining behavior improvement effectiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system ensures continuity of useful action by maintaining an ongoing automated training process that continuously monitors events and delivers training without interruption. This continuous automated intervention eliminates gaps between event detection and training delivery, speeding up the overall response while sustaining driver behavior improvement through uninterrupted training sequences

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS11999368B2Systems and methods for automated vehicle fleet management according to dynamic pedagogical behavior reinforcement
Publication Date: 2024.06.04 RM ACQUISITION LLC
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AI summary

Vehicle fleet management includes processing event-based data corresponding to detected events to generate event data sets that include: at least video corresponding to the event and data identifying an event-type for the event. One or more pedagogical event pairs are identified, each of which includes a first event data set reflecting a “good” response to an event-type and a second event data set reflecting a “bad” response to the event-type. At least one cluster of drivers having similar occurrence rates for the event-type is identified. One or more training lessons are generated for the cluster based on the event type, which training lessons include at least the video of the first event data set and the video of the second event data set. The training lessons are administered to a driver of the cluster via a computing device. The autonomous control of one or more vehicle systems is instituted based on the administered training lessons.