V2V Driving Data Analysis for Multi-Vehicle Driver Scoring

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies lack an efficient method to analyze and assess driving behaviors of vehicles and drivers using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, which is crucial for promoting safe driving practices and providing accurate driver scores.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of methods and systems that utilize V2V communications to receive and transmit driving data, analyze driving behaviors, and calculate driver scores based on determined behaviors, including positive and negative driving actions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If V2V communication systems are implemented to collect and transmit driving data from multiple vehicles, then driving behavior analysis capability is improved, but system complexity and data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving behavior analysis accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments driving behavior analysis into multiple components: individual vehicle data collection, pairwise interaction analysis, and aggregate pattern recognition. Each vehicle's sensor data is processed independently first, then combined with V2V communication data from other vehicles to identify specific driving behaviors like tailgating, lane changing, and merging patterns.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A centralized server acts as an intermediary that receives driving data from multiple vehicles via V2V communication, processes the data to identify driving behaviors, and generates driver scores. This mediator approach allows complex multi-vehicle interactions to be analyzed without requiring direct peer-to-peer computation between all vehicle pairs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive driving data from multiple vehicles is collected and analyzed, then driver score accuracy is improved, but data transmission and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriver score accuracyVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary data filtering and validation at the vehicle level before transmission, pre-processing sensor data to extract only relevant driving parameters. This reduces the volume of data requiring centralized processing and accelerates the overall analysis timeline.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

V2V communication enables continuous data exchange between vehicles, allowing driving behavior analysis to occur in real-time or near-real-time as vehicles interact on the road. The system continuously monitors driving patterns and updates driver scores based on ongoing observations rather than periodic batch processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS12240468B1Driving analysis using vehicle-to-vehicle communication
Publication Date: 2025.03.04 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
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AI summary

One or more driving analysis computing devices in a driving analysis system may be configured to analyze driving data, determine driving behaviors, and calculate driver scores based on driving data transmitted using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. Driving data from multiple vehicles may be collected by vehicle sensors or other vehicle-based systems, transmitted using V2V communications, and then analyzed and compared to determine various driving behaviors by the drivers of the vehicles. Driver scores may be calculated or adjusted based on the determined driving behaviors of vehicle drivers, and also may be calculated or adjusted based on other the driver scores of nearby vehicles.