BR102012007325A2 - DRIVER PROPENSION ANALYSIS AND DRIVER PROPENSION ANALYSIS METHOD USING THE APPLIANCE - Google Patents

Abstract

DRIVER PROPENSION ANALYSIS AND DRIVER PROPENSION ANALYSIS METHOD USING THE APPLIANCE. In accordance with the present invention, one can save expense by utilizing the position tracking apparatus in the conventional technique in analyzing a vehicle driver's propensity and additionally safe driving can be accomplished by encountering inappropriate habitual driver behavior and hazardous factors. analyze driver propensity from various points of view by transmitting event information regarding abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden cornering or speeding to a server that is generated to reduce cost, for example of an accident process of a vehicle and a driver insurance premium increase caused by a vehicle accident. In addition, a driver propensity analysis apparatus including a GPS receiver, a motion sensor, an analyzer, a first communication device and a server as components and a driver propensity analysis method using the apparatus such that When a driving propensity of the same pattern is generated while the driver drives the vehicle at any time and in any area, road condition problems and a traffic light system causing the driving propensity can be determined and additionally the insurance premium may be calculated more objectively by analyzing the driving propensity of the driver in an insurance company.

Description

DRIVER PROPENSION ANALYSIS AND DRIVER PROPENSION ANALYSIS METHOD USING THE APPLIANCE

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a driver propensity analysis apparatus that removes a driver's inappropriate habitual behavior and hazardous factors by analyzing a driver's propensity to drive a vehicle to perform safe driving, and a method of driver propensity analysis. driver using the device.

More particularly, the present invention relates to

A driver propensity analysis device that generates an event and transmits the event generated to a server by analyzing and judging information about abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or excess

speed while a driver drives a vehicle using information about a current position and current vehicle speed acquired from an existing GPS receiver and acceleration information from a motion sensor by adding the motion sensor to a

2 0 position tracking apparatus for analyzing the

driver propensity in various points of view and a method for analyzing driver propensity using the apparatus.

BACKGROUND TECHNIQUE

In a vehicle tracking system (request for

Korea unexamined patent no. 10-1998-0072460) using a commercial communication network in the conventional technique, a vehicle is equipped with short range and long range wireless devices to communicate with a room

30 real-time control such as vehicle steering information, a vehicle steering state is displayed to a driver in real time by processing signals such as input of a speed sensor, an RPM sensor, and a speed sensor. door open / close and a key entry with a GPS signal from a GPS receiver, and vehicle driving information is often stored in flash memory for use, and as a result, a position indicating a record. Vehicle steering can be tracked in real time.

However, the invention only detects the vehicle's current position via the simple GPS receiver signal and information about the position and speed of a GPS cannot be used to determine the driver's propensity to drive.

In addition, Korea's unexamined patent application no. 10-2006-0106425 describes a steering propensity analysis provision system that provides appropriate driving information for detecting a driver's direction information, analyzing a driver's propensity for using the detected information, and providing the analyzed information. for the driver and this system comprises a driving information detection means for detecting driving information such as a daily driving distance, a driving speed, a fast braking, a sudden start of a vehicle, and the like, a means of analysis analyzing the driver's propensity to drive from the steering information detected by the driving information detection means, a stored storage stored comparison information and the detected driving information to analyze the driving propensity, and the analyzed information, and a means of providing information which provides the driver with the analyzed information and has a problem acquiring effective position information and acceleration information by extracting corresponding steering information from an ECU to control the vehicle's direction when providing various driver information in association with navigation. by car and a telematics system. REVELATION

TECHNICAL PROBLEM

The present invention is performed to solve all problems in the conventional art and an object of the present invention is to provide a driver propensity analysis apparatus that determines a driver propensity more reasonably by determining an event such as abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve. or speeding generated while a driver drives a vehicle by adding a motion sensor, a device that analyzes a driver's propensity, and a server that allows safe driving by removing inappropriate habitual behavior and dangerous factors from the driver by analyzing a driving propensity of the driver who drives the vehicle on a vehicle position tracking apparatus to track the vehicle when it is stolen, and a method for driver propensity analysis using the driver propensity analysis apparatus.

TECHNICAL SOLUTION

To solve the problem, a driver propensity analysis apparatus comprises: a GPS receiver that measures a vehicle's current position by communicating with a GPS satellite; a motion sensor that generates current acceleration information of each vehicle's X, Y, and Z axis; an analyzer that generates event information by judging abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or speeding by utilizing information about a current position and current vehicle speed transmitted from the GPS receiver and the information

acceleration of three geometric axes measured from the motion sensor; a first communication device transmitting the event information about abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or speeding generated from the analyzer to a server;

and a server that receives and stores the abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve, or speeding event information transmitted from the first communication device and displaying the stored event information to a manager.

2 0 To solve the problem, a method of analysis of

driver propensity comprises: a step of setting abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or speeding reference values; a step of receiving current speed and position information from the

vehicle from the GPS receiver; a step of receiving acceleration information of each vehicle X, Y, and Z axis from the motion sensor; a step of judging abrupt acceleration when the geometric axis acceleration information X and a change value of

3 0 velocity is greater than abrupt acceleration reference value, judge abrupt deceleration when geometry axis acceleration information X and velocity change value is less than abrupt deceleration reference value, judge sudden curve when information Y axis acceleration values are greater than the sudden curve reference value, and judge speeding when the speed is greater than a speed reference value; a step of generating respective events when judged as abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or speeding; a step of transmitting the event generated to the server by using the first communication device and the second communication device; a step of storing the event transmitted to the server in the server database; and a step of passing event information stored in the database as a list or digit type.

ADVANTABLE EFFECTS

According to the present invention, since a motion sensor is simply added to a position tracking apparatus in the conventional art which measures information about a vehicle's position, velocity and acceleration to analyze the steering propensity of a driver, a cost can be saved by using the position tracking apparatus in the conventional technique by analyzing a driver's propensity. In addition, event information generated in relation to abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden cornering or speeding is transmitted to a server, and this helps to find the driver's inappropriate behavior or dangerous factors in order to perform safe driving. by analyzing the driver's propensity in various points of view so that the driver can reduce expense, for example, of a vehicle accident lawsuit and increased driver insurance premium due to

A car accident.

In addition, when a driving propensity of the same pattern is generated while the driver drives the vehicle at a certain time and in a certain area, the causes of driving propensity such as road condition problems and a traffic signal system can be determined. In addition, for insurance companies, the insurance premium can be calculated more objectively by analyzing the driver's propensity to drive. DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

Figure 1 is a configuration diagram of an apparatus for driver propensity analysis according to

with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of a

2 0 analyzer on driver propensity analysis apparatus

according to the present invention;

Figure 3 is a diagram showing an analyzer data collection procedure according to the present invention; and

Figure 4 is a diagram showing a procedure

of a driver propensity analysis method according to the present invention. BEST MODE

The following are configurations and operations of

30 a driver propensity analysis apparatus and a driver propensity analysis method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a configuration diagram of a driver propensity analysis apparatus in accordance with the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the driver propensity analysis apparatus comprises a GPS receiver 110 installed in a position tracking apparatus 100 and measuring a vehicle's current position by communicating with a global positioning system (GPS) satellite. ), a motion sensor 120 that generates current acceleration information for each vehicle's X, Y, and Z axis, a analyzer 130 that generates event information by judging abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve, or speeding using information about the current position and current speed of the vehicle transmitted from the GPS receiver 110 and the acceleration information of the three geometric axes 20 measured by the motion sensor 120, a first communication device 140 that transmits event information about abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or speeding generated from d analyzer 130 to a server, a second

2 5 communication 210 receiving event information about

abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or speeding transmitted from the first communication device 140, and a server 200 that stores the transmitted event information of the second

30 communicating device 210 and displaying the stored event information for a manager.

The GPS receiver 110 is installed on the vehicle and receives current vehicle speed information acquired using positional information acquired by the GPS satellite that measures a current position of the GPS 110 receiver, changed positional information, and a time variation at which the GPS satellite measures this positional information and transmits the current velocity information to the analyzer 130.

Preferably, the GPS receiver 110 may be

installed in a separate position from the position tracking apparatus 100.

Motion sensor 120 is installed on the vehicle and acquires acceleration information calculated from

a geometry axis direction X which is a current vehicle advance direction, a geometry axis direction Y which is a left or right side of the vehicle forward direction at a 90 degree angle to the geometry axis X, and a Z axis direction which is a

up or down side of the vehicle forward direction at an angle of 90 degrees to the X axis and transmits each acceleration information to the analyzer 130.

In general once the vehicle is driven on a flat

2 5 2D, the Z axis acceleration information does not

are required, but Z axis acceleration information is used to acquire driver travel comfort information later.

Preferably, the motion sensor 120 may be

30 installed in a separate position from position tracking apparatus 100.

Analyzer 130 analyzes the driver's current driving propensity using the current vehicle speed and position information transmitted from the GPS receiver 110 and the X, Y, and Z axis acceleration information measured by the motion sensor 120.

The analyzer 130 is implemented in a position tracking apparatus, a computer, a PDA, and a smart phone including a means for storing GPS receiver position information and speed information 110 and geometry axis acceleration information. X, Y and Z measured by motion sensor 120, a processor that drives a data analysis processing program, and a means for transmitting information abroad. Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of a

analyzer in the apparatus for driver propensity analysis according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 2, the analyzer 130 comprises an information store 131 which stores the current vehicle position transmitted from the GPS receiver 110 and the three-axis acceleration information transmitted from the motion sensor 120, a event generator 132 generating an event by judging whether there is abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve, or speeding based on a predetermined value by using the acceleration information of the three geometry axes stored in the information store 131, and an information store. events 133 The event generated by the event generator 132 is stored. Figure 3 is a diagram showing a data collection procedure in the analyzer according to the present invention.

As shown in figure 3, the information store 131 stores the current position, speed and acceleration of the vehicle and road condition information by collecting the current position and speed of the vehicle transmitted from the GPS receiver 110 and the acceleration information of the vehicles. three geometry axes transmitted from the motion sensor 120.

Event generator 132 sets reference values

abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or existing speeding in advance.

The set reference values are set depending on when and where the current vehicle is being

driven, that is, during rush hour or on weekends or on a highway or city street, and set values may change depending on changing road conditions or relevant laws.

0 event generator 132 judges an abrupt acceleration

2 0 when the geometry axis acceleration information X

stored in information store 131 and a velocity change value is greater than an abrupt acceleration reference value judges an abrupt deceleration when the axis acceleration information

Geometric X and the velocity change value are smaller than the abrupt deceleration reference value, a sudden curve when the geometric Y axis acceleration information is greater than a sudden curve reference value, and judges an overspeed when The

Speed is greater than an overspeed reference value using predetermined reference values to generate respective events.

The first communication device 140 transmits the event information regarding abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or overspeed generated from the analyzer 130, the current position and speed of the vehicle stored in the information store, and the acceleration information of the three geometry axes transmitted from the motion sensor

120 to server 200 using a wired or wireless communication medium.

Server 200 comprises second communication device 210 which receives event information transmitted to the first communication device

140, a database 220 that stores the event information transmitted via the second communication device 210, and an output device 240 that transmits the event information stored in the database 220.

2 0 0 second communication device 210 receives the

event information transmitted from the first communication device 140 in a wired or wireless method and transmits the received event information to database 220.

The second communication device 210 may be

generically included with server 200 or connected to server 200 using a wired or wireless communication method.

Database 220 segments and stores the

30 event information transmitted from the second communication device 210 as a field value.

Output device 230 transmits event information stored in database 220 according to user demand as a list type or digit type.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing a procedure of a driver propensity analysis method according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 4, the driver propensity analysis method using the driver propensity analysis apparatus comprises a step of setting abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or overspeed (SllO) reference values, one step receiving current vehicle position and speed information from the GPS receiver 110 (S120), a step of receiving acceleration information for each vehicle X, Y, and Z axis from motion sensor 120 (S130) , a step of judging driving propensity as one of four types in analyzer 130 (S140), 20 a step of generating respective events when judged as abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or overspeed (S150), one step transmitting the event generated to server 200 using first communication device 140 and second communication device 210 (S160), a storage step the event transmitted to server 200 in database 220 (S170), and a step of using and transmitting the event stored as a list type and a data digit type stored in database 220 using the device At the step of setting the reference values (SllO), the reference values are set depending on when and where the current vehicle is being driven, ie during rush hour or on a weekend or a highway. or a city street, and the values you set may change depending on changes in road conditions or relevant laws.

At the stage of receiving vehicle position and speed information (S120), measured and position information

and speed of the vehicle currently being driven are received from the GPS receiver 110 and stored in the information store 131.

In the step of receiving the acceleration information (S13 0), acceleration information on a geometry axis X

which is a forward direction of the vehicle currently being driven, acceleration information on a Y axis based on a left or right side of the vehicle forward direction at a 90 degree angle to the X axis, and acceleration information

2 0 on a Z axis based on an upper side or a

lower side of the vehicle forward direction at an angle of 90 degrees to the X axis, which are measured from the motion sensor 120, are received and stored in the information store 131.

At the stage of judging driver propensity (S140), it is

judged as abrupt acceleration when X-axis acceleration information and a velocity change value are greater than an abrupt acceleration reference value is judged as abrupt deceleration

30 when geometry axis acceleration information and velocity change value are less than the abrupt deceleration reference value is judged as abrupt curve when geometry axis acceleration information is greater than a velocity value. sudden curve reference, and is judged as speeding when speed is greater than a speeding reference value using position and speed information and acceleration information stored in the information store 131.

In the step of generating the event (S15 0), when the

abrupt acceleration judgment, abrupt deceleration judgment, abrupt curve judgment, or overspeed judgment are made, each corresponding event is generated and stored in

event 133.

In the transmission step (S160), the current position and speed of the vehicle stored in information store 131, the vehicle X, Y, and Z axis acceleration information detected from the

20 0 motion sensor 120, and the event stored in the

Event storage 133 are transmitted to server 200 using first communication device 140 and second communication device 210.

In the storage step (S17 0), the position and

Vehicle speed, X, Y, and Z axis acceleration information, and the event transmitted to server 200 are segmented for each vehicle and stored in database 220.

In the data analysis step (S180), the value of

The reference for each analyzer 130 of each vehicle is redetermined by analyzing the information of each vehicle stored in database 220. In the step of judging the change of a definition (S190), the reference value is redefined in the step of analyzing the data. Data (S180) and a known vehicle reference value are compared to judge the change.

In the step of changing a setting (S200), when the corresponding vehicle setpoint needs to be changed, the setpoint to be changed is transmitted to the first communication device 140 by the second communication device 210 to change the setting value. reference.

In transmission step (S210), event information is transmitted to database 220 as a list type or a digit type using output device 230 and the type, position, velocity, acceleration, and condition information of road of each vehicle are transmitted according to user demand.

Preferred embodiments of the apparatus for analyzing

2 0 driver propensity and propensity analysis method

Drivers using the apparatus according to the present invention are described in this specification, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Various modifications to the present invention may be made by one of ordinary skill in the art and modifications are also included within the scope of the present invention.

Reference Numbers

100: position tracking device

110: GPS receiver

3 0 12 0: motion sensor 130: analyzer

131: Information Storage

132: event generator

133: Event Storage

140: first communication device

2 00: server

210: second communication device

22 0: database

230: output device

SllO: Set reference value step S120: Receive vehicle position position step

513 0: Step of receiving acceleration information

514 0: Step of judging driver propensity S150: Event-generating step

S160: Event Transmit Step S170: Store Step S180: Transmit Step

Claims (7)

1. A driver propensity analysis apparatus, comprising: a GPS receiver that measures a vehicle's current position by communicating with a GPS satellite; a motion sensor that generates current acceleration information for each vehicle's X, Y, and Z axis; judging abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or speeding by utilizing information about a current position and current vehicle speed transmitted from the GPS receiver and the three-axis acceleration information measured from the motion sensor; a first communication device transmitting the event information about abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or speeding generated from the analyzer to a server; and a server that receives and stores the abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve, or speeding event information transmitted from the first communication device and displaying the stored event information to a manager. Driver propensity analyzer according to Claim 1, characterized in that the communication between the first communication device and a second communication device is carried out via serial communication or GSM or GPRS. Driver propensity analyzer according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the analyzer further comprises: an information store storing the current vehicle position transmitted from the GPS receiver and the acceleration information of the GPS receiver. three geometric axes transmitted from the motion sensor; an event generator that generates an event by judging whether there is abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve, or speeding based on a predetermined value by using the acceleration information of the three geometry axes stored in the information store; and an event store that stores the event generated from the event generator. Driver propensity analyzer according to Claim 3, characterized in that the analyzer further comprises a means for storing information, such as a position tracking device, a computer, a PDA, or a smart phone. , a processor that drives a processing program that analyzes data, and a medium that transmits information abroad. Driver propensity analysis apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the event generator judges the driver propensity for segmenting abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or speeding based on the predetermined value. according to the current position of the vehicle being driven using the current vehicle positional information and the three-axis throttle information that is stored in the information store. 6. A driver propensity analysis method comprising: a step of setting abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or speeding reference values; a step of receiving current vehicle speed and position information from the GPS receiver; a step of receiving acceleration information for each X, Y, and Z axis of the vehicle from the motion sensor; a step of judging abrupt acceleration when X-axis acceleration information and a velocity change value are greater than an abrupt acceleration reference value, judging abrupt deceleration when X-axis acceleration information and a change value velocities are lower than the abrupt deceleration reference value, judge sudden curve when Y-axis acceleration information is greater than sudden curve reference value, and judge overspeed when velocity is greater than one. speed reference value; a step of generating respective events when judged as abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or speeding; a step of transmitting the current vehicle position and speed, throttling information of the X, Y, and Z axis, and the event generated for the server by using the first communication device and the second communication device; a step of segmenting vehicle position and speed, X, Y, and Z axis acceleration information, and the event transmitted to the server for each vehicle, and storing position and speed, acceleration information, and event in the database; a step of analyzing data for redetermining the reference value for each analyzer of each vehicle by analyzing the information of each vehicle stored in the database; a step of judging changing a definition by purchasing the redetermined reference value and a known vehicle reference value; a step of changing a setting that changes the setpoint by transmitting a new setpoint to be changed to the first communication device by the second communication device when the setpoint needs to be changed; and a step of transmitting a vehicle type, position, and acceleration, road condition, and event information that is stored in the database according to user demand. Driver propensity analysis method according to claim 5, characterized in that the definition of the abrupt acceleration, abrupt deceleration, sudden curve or speeding reference values by considering the current position of the vehicle from of the GPS receiver.