Patents Assigned to Smartdrive Systems Inc.
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Patent number: 11727730Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system configured to generate and provide timely vehicle event information for a fleet of vehicles including at least a first vehicle. Individual vehicles detect vehicle events and transmit related information to a remote computing server. The remote computing server determines whether the detected vehicles events are relevant to add to a set of vehicle events scenarios. For example, if a particular vehicle event is duplicative of a previous vehicle event, if may not need to be added. The newest vehicles events may be reported at certain intervals, in particular if they are indicative of a trend.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Mark Freitas, Jason Palmer, Reza Ghanbari, Nicholas Shayne Brookins, Slaven Sljivar, Barry James Parshall, Daniel Andrew Deninger
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Patent number: 11657711Abstract: This disclosure relates to a distributed data center that includes resources carried by a fleet of vehicles. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicles and/or the surroundings of vehicles. The system includes a remote computing server configured to maintain map data and distribute it to the fleet, including local map data to individual vehicles pertaining to their surroundings. Individual vehicles may compare the local map data with the information related to their individual surroundings. Based on such comparisons, individual vehicles may detect discrepancies between the local map data and the information related to their individual surroundings. The remote computing server may modify and/or update the map data based on the detected discrepancies.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Shayne Brookins, Reza Ghanbari, David Forney, Mark Freitas, Daniel Andrew Deninger, Jeffrey Griswold, Jason Palmer
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Patent number: 11640167Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for transitioning vehicle control between autonomous operation and manual operation. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicle and its operation. During autonomous vehicle operation, the system gauges the level of responsiveness of a vehicle operator through challenges and corresponding responses. The system determines when to present a challenge to the vehicle operator based on internal and external factors. If necessary, the system will transition from an autonomous operation mode to a manual operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jason Palmer, Mark Freitas, Daniel A. Deninger, David Forney, Slaven Sljivar, Alekh Vaidya, Jeffrey Griswold
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Patent number: 11631331Abstract: Systems and methods for providing lane-specific recommendations to a vehicle operator of a vehicle operating on roadways are disclosed. The roadways include one or more lanes in each direction of travel. Exemplary implementations may: generate, by a set of sensors, output signals conveying information pertaining to the vehicle; determine a current location of the vehicle; determine a current direction of travel of the vehicle; detect a current lane being used by the vehicle from the multiple traffic lanes of the particular roadway at the current location in the current direction of travel; obtain lane-specific information regarding the multiple traffic lanes at or near the current location of the vehicle; obtain a goal for providing lane-specific recommendations; determine a lane-specific recommendation for the vehicle; and provide the lane-specific recommendation to the vehicle operator.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventor: Jason Palmer
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Patent number: 11631287Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for detecting vehicle events. Some or all of the system may be installed in a vehicle, operate at the vehicle, and/or be otherwise coupled with a vehicle. The system includes one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicle. The system receives contextual information from a source external to the vehicle. The system detects a vehicle event based on the information conveyed by the output signals from the sensors and the received contextual information.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jason Palmer, Mark Freitas, Daniel A. Deninger, David Forney, Slaven Sljivar, Alekh Vaidya, Jeffrey Griswold
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Patent number: 11609579Abstract: Systems and methods for using risk profiles for fleet management of a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. Fleet management may include determining the performance levels of particular vehicle operators. The risk profiles characterize values representing likelihoods of occurrences of vehicle events. The values are based on vehicle event information for previously detected vehicle events. Exemplary implementations may: receive, from a particular vehicle, particular vehicle event information for particular vehicle events that have been detected by the particular vehicle; determine one or more metrics that quantify a performance level of the particular vehicle operator, based on the risk profiles; compare the one or more metrics for the particular vehicle operator with aggregated metrics that quantify performance levels of a set of vehicle operators; and store, transfer, and/or present results of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: David Forney, Nicholas Shayne Brookins, Reza Ghanbari, Jason Palmer, Mark Freitas
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Patent number: 11587374Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for detecting vehicle events. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicle. The system detects a vehicle event based on the information conveyed by the output signals. The system selects a subset of sensors based on the detected vehicle event. The system captures and records information from the selected subset of sensors. The system transfers the recorded information to a remote server or provider.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jason Palmer, Mark Freitas, Daniel A. Deninger, David Forney, Slaven Sljivar, Alekh Vaidya, Jeffrey Griswold
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Patent number: 11587371Abstract: This disclosure relates to a distributed data center that includes resources carried by a fleet of vehicles. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicles. The system may detect vehicle events based on the information conveyed by the output signals. The system includes a remote computing server configured to present a user interface to a user. Through the user interface, the user may query information from one or more vehicles in the fleet. The distributed query is transmitted to individual vehicles, and results are locally processed in accordance with response constraints and subsequently transmitted back to the remote computing server for presentation to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Reza Ghanbari, Nicholas Shayne Brookins, David Forney, Mark Freitas, Daniel Andrew Deninger, Jeffrey Griswold, Jason Palmer
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Patent number: 11565712Abstract: Systems and methods for managing speed thresholds for a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. Input is used to provide associations between particular weather-relation conditions (such as rain) and arithmetic operations, that may be used to determine a current speed threshold as a function of a local posted speed limit at the current location of a vehicle. The current speed threshold is subsequently used to detect whether vehicles are exceeding the current speed threshold.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Thomas Kruse, David Wagstaff, Jason Palmer
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Patent number: 11364844Abstract: Systems and methods for verifying whether vehicle operators are paying attention are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: generate output signals conveying information related to a first vehicle operator; make a first type of determination of at least one of an object on which attention of the first vehicle operator is focused and/or a direction in which attention of the first vehicle operator is focused; make a second type of determination regarding fatigue of the first vehicle operator; make a third type of determination of at least one of a distraction level of the first vehicle operator and/or a fatigue level of the first vehicle operator; and effectuate a notification regarding the third type of determination to at least one of the first vehicle operator and/or a remote computing server.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Juan Carlos Mauricia, Daniel Andrew Deninger, Reza Ghanbari, Mark Freitas, Jeffrey Griswold, David Forney, Nicholas Shayne Brookins, Jason Palmer
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Patent number: 11334068Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for transitioning vehicle control between autonomous operation and manual operation. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicle and its operation. During autonomous vehicle operation, the system gauges the level of responsiveness of a vehicle operator through challenges and corresponding responses. The system determines when to present a challenge to the vehicle operator based on internal and external factors. If necessary, the system will transition from an autonomous operation mode to a manual operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SMARTDRIVE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jason Palmer, Mark Freitas, Daniel A. Deninger, David Forney, Slaven Sljivar, Alekh Vaidya, Jeffrey Griswold
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Patent number: 11321969Abstract: This disclosure relates to a distributed data center that includes resources carried by a fleet of vehicles. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicles. The system may detect vehicle events based on the information conveyed by the output signals. The system includes a remote computing server configured to present a user interface to a user. Through the user interface, the user may query information from one or more vehicles in the fleet. The distributed query is transmitted to individual vehicles, and results are locally processed in accordance with response constraints and subsequently transmitted back to the remote computing server for presentation to the user.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Reza Ghanbari, Nicholas Shayne Brookins, David Forney, Mark Freitas, Daniel Andrew Deninger, Jeffrey Griswold, Jason Palmer
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Systems and methods for creating and using risk profiles for fleet management of a fleet of vehicles
Patent number: 11300977Abstract: Systems and methods for creating and using risk profiles for management of a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. The risk profiles characterize values representing likelihoods of occurrences of vehicle events, based on previously detected vehicle events. Exemplary implementations may: obtain vehicle event information for vehicle events that have been detected by the fleet of vehicles; aggregate the vehicle event information for multiple ones of the events to create one or more of a first risk profile, a second risk profile and/or a third risk profile; obtain a point of origin for and a target destination of a particular vehicle; determine a set of routes from the point of origin to the target destination; determine individual values representing likelihoods of occurrences of vehicle events along individual routes in the set of routes; select the first route from the set of routes; and provide the selected first route to the particular vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Reza Ghanbari, Nicholas Shayne Brookins, David Forney, Jason Palmer, Mark Freitas -
Patent number: 11262763Abstract: Systems and methods for using risk profiles for creating and deploying new vehicle event definitions to a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain a first risk profile, a second risk profile, and vehicle event characterization information; select individual ones of the previously detected vehicle events that have one or more characteristics in common; determine circumstances for at least a predefined period prior to occurrences of the selected vehicle events; create a new vehicle event definition based on the determined set of circumstances; distribute the new vehicle event definition to individual vehicles in the fleet of vehicles; and receive additional vehicle event information from the individual vehicles in the fleet of vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Shayne Brookins, David Forney, Reza Ghanbari, Jason Palmer, Mark Freitas
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Patent number: 11260878Abstract: Excess fuel consumption monitor and feedback systems for vehicles include sensor arrays of two primary types including those sensors deployed as part of a vehicle manufacturer established sensor suite and sensors deployed as after-market sensors. Together, these sensor suites include sensors coupled to vehicle subsystems and operating environments associated with the vehicle. Data from these sensors may be used as parametric inputs to drive algorithmic calculations which have outputs that express excess fuel consumption. Expressions of excess fuel consumption may be made instantaneously as real-time feedback to a vehicle operator/driver and/or a fleet manager as part of a summary report.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jason Palmer, Slaven Sljivar
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Patent number: 11254317Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for determining responsiveness of a driver of a vehicle to feedback regarding driving behaviors. The system may include a sensor configured to generate output signals conveying first driving behavior information, which may characterize operation of the vehicle by the driver. The system may include one or more processors configured to obtain the first driving behavior information. The one or more processors may effectuate provision of feedback defined by feedback information based on the first driving behavior. The sensor may be configured to output signals conveying second driving behavior information, which may characterize operation of the vehicle by the driver during and/or subsequent to the provision of the feedback. The one or more processors may be configured to obtain the second driving behavior information and assess responsiveness of the driver to the feedback based on the second driving behavior information.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jason Palmer, Mark Freitas, Daniel A. Deninger, David Forney, Slaven Sljivar, Alekh Vaidya, Jeffrey Griswold
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Patent number: 11250649Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for detecting execution of driving maneuvers based on pre-determined driving maneuver profiles. Some or all of the system may be installed in a vehicle and/or be otherwise coupled with a vehicle. In some implementations, the system may detect execution of driving maneuvers by the vehicle based on pre-determined driving maneuver profiles. The system may include one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicle. In some implementations, the system may detect execution of the driving maneuvers by the vehicle based on a comparison of the information conveyed by the output signals from the sensors to criteria included in the pre-determined driving maneuver profiles.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jason Palmer, Slaven Sljivar
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Patent number: 11198447Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for determining vehicle operator preparedness for vehicles that support both autonomous operation and manual operation. The system includes sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to vehicles and their operation. During autonomous vehicle operation, the system gauges the level of responsiveness of an individual vehicle operator through challenges and corresponding responses. Based on the level of responsiveness, a preparedness metric is determined for each vehicle operator individually.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jason Palmer, Mark Freitas, Daniel A. Deninger, David Forney, Slaven Sljivar, Alekh Vaidya, Jeffrey Griswold
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Patent number: 11069257Abstract: This disclosure relates to a system and method for detecting vehicle events and generating review criteria based on the detected vehicle events. Some or all of the system may be installed in a vehicle and/or be otherwise coupled with a vehicle. The system may include one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying information related to the vehicle and/or multiple video capture devices configured to acquire visual output information representing a vehicle environment. In some implementations, the system may determine a vehicle event type based on the information conveyed by the output signals. The system may generate review criteria, which correspond to the vehicle event, based on the vehicle event type and the fields of view corresponding to the video capture devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jason Palmer, Slaven Sljivar, Mark Freitas, Daniel A. Deninger, Jeffrey Todd Griswold
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Patent number: 11021169Abstract: Systems and methods to determine posted speed limits for vehicles and modify a centralized database of posted speed limits may manage the centralized database, receive, from a fleet of vehicles, requests to modify speed limits associated with roads, and modify the centralized database in accordance with the received requests for modification. Individual vehicles may compare a posted speed limit for a particular road as identified based on road-side image information with a previously stored speed limit from the centralized database for the same road in order to detect a discrepancy and transmit a request for a modification.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: SmartDrive Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Griswold, Mark Freitas, Daniel Andrew Deninger, Alekh Vaidya, Nicholas Shayne Brookins, Jason Palmer, Reza Ghanbari