Assessment and Driving Application

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The challenge is in assigning limits to telematics activities in a way that it will not interfere with safety or inconvenience the driver in a controllable driving situation. This is done by assessing the over all driving system and weighing it against known risks to the driver and to others.

The assessment is a two step approach: The first step defines a specific activity and assesses its effects when carried out under driving conditions. Our system uses four different rankings, listed A through D. An event classified as an “A Rank” is an event that needs to be fully controlled and possibly altogether banned from usage while driving, while an event classified as a “D Rank” is an event that does not require any type of oversight.

	Device usage / Event ranking Copyright © 1987-2005 CompanyLongName
	Categories	Rank
	Effect	A	B	C	D
1	Likely AND/OR Known to cause distraction AND accidents	X	?	?	?
2	Likely BUT NOT Known to cause distraction AND accidents	?	X	?	?
3	May Cause distraction or accident	?	?	X	?
4	NOT Likely AND NOT Known to cause Distraction AND Accident	?	?	?	X

The second step is more application specific then the first step; this step examines the functionality of the vehicle, the type of vehicle, and the application the vehicle is used for. An item ranked as an A is an Item that is required and substantial thoughtfulness should be applied in the design to allow for safe usability.
Application usage ranking Copyright © 1987-2005 CompanyLongName
1-Clearly separating what’s:	1 a- Important for safe driving		Class A
		1a.1- Subject Vehicle	Class A-S
		1a.2- Other Vehicles	Class A-O
	2-a Important to drivers		Class B
	3-a “Nice to Have” for drivers		Class C
	4-a “Important/Nice to Have” for Passengers		Class D
2- Assuring driver intent			Class A
3: Simplicity			Class A
4: Accessibility			Class A
5: High Availability			Class A
6: Universality			Class B
7: Portability			Class B
8: Privacy			Class B
9: Cost			Class C

The matrices will be used to assess the type of work load that a telematics activity can add to the driving experience. Based on the assessment, the result will put the type of controls necessary on such telematic devices, reducing the risk associated with such usage.

The control should aim to allow the driver to use telematic and receive notifications and actuate devices, but limit use during unsafe driving conditions, e.g. swerving, speeding, aggressive driving etc. This will vary according to the type of driving experience as represented by the specifically configured DrivingSystem^TM. Furthermore, the assessment is designed so system is configured to also take other drivers concerns into account based on the DrivingSystem^TMwhich actually has jurisdiction and responsibilities outside the subject vehicle.,

If the DrivingSystem^TM activity is border line in terms of known risk or suspected risk, that activity is pushed to the next highest criteria. This is not inconvenience to the user, because the user will still be able to use said device by compromising on driving options.

Using STMCGateway^TM , the system will evaluate these limits and decrease such limit if they are deemed to be too strict for the normal driving condition of the driver (MAN) or other elements of the DrivingSystem^TM .

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