Patents
US 10446047 B1: Real-time driver observation and scoring for driver'S education
- Granted
- 2019-10-15
- Filed
- 2016-09-02 application 15255538
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A method includes, for each of two or more driving sessions in which a student driver operates a vehicle, gathering driving skill data indicative of at least one of behavior of the student driver, acceleration of the vehicle, braking of the vehicle, or steering of the vehicle, and generating a driving session report. The method further includes causing the driving session reports corresponding to the two or more driving sessions to be displayed to a driving instructor, and receiving comments from the driving instructor about the two or more driving sessions of the student driver. Still further, the method includes storing the driving session reports corresponding to the two or more driving sessions along with the received comments from the driving instructor.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg191015.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 2,604 patents | US company or organization | Bloomington, IL | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Mark Fields | Normal, IL | 287 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jibo He | Champaign, IL | 23 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| John A. Nepomuceno | Bloomington, IL | 69 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Steve Roberson | Normal, IL | 77 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Bryan Allen Plummer | Urbana, IL | 34 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Kurtis C. Houdek | Gurnee, IL | 7 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Neeraj Jain | Bloomington, IL | 22 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G09B | Educational or demonstration appliances; appliances for teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute; models; planetaria; globes; maps; diagrams | G09B19/167 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60W | Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function; control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles; road vehicle drive control systems for purposes not related to the control of a particular sub-unit | B60W40/09 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G01C | Measuring distances, levels or bearings; surveying; navigation; gyroscopic instruments; photogrammetry or videogrammetry | G01C21/3676 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61B | Diagnosis; surgery; identification | A61B5/18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G08G | Traffic control systems | G08G1/0104 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HE, JIBO signed 2013-03-14 HOUDEK, KURTIS C. signed 2013-03-14 NEPOMUCENO, JOHN ADRIAN signed 2013-03-14 ROBERSON, STEVE signed 2013-03-14 PLUMMER, BRYAN ALLEN signed 2013-03-15 FIELDS, BRIAN M. signed 2013-06-28 JAIN, NEERAJ signed 2013-07-01 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY BLOOMINGTON, IL | 39623/114 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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