US 11,727,495 B1
Collision risk-based engagement and disengagement of autonomous control of a vehicle
John A. Nepomuceno, Bloomington, IL (US); Rajiv C. Shah, Bloomington, IL (US); Leo Nelson Chan, Normal, IL (US); Steven Cielocha, Bloomington, IL (US); Roxane Lyons, Chenoa, IL (US); Matthew S. Megyese, Bloomington, IL (US); William J. Leise, Normal, IL (US); Jennifer Criswell Kellett, Bloomington, IL (US); Kristopher Keith Gaudin, Bloomington, IL (US); Jennifer L. Crawford, Normal, IL (US); Jeremy Myers, Normal, IL (US); and Edward P. Matesevac, III, Normal, IL (US)
Assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed by STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/64,971.
Application 17/064,971 is a continuation of application No. 15/482,333, filed on Apr. 7, 2017, granted, now 10,872,379.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/402,077, filed on Sep. 30, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/340,302, filed on May 23, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/321,010, filed on Apr. 11, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/321,005, filed on Apr. 11, 2016.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01)
CPC G06Q 40/08 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/008 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G05D 1/0061 (2013.01); G05D 1/0214 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0236 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, carried out by a server, of reducing vehicle collisions, the method comprising:
calculating, by one or more processors of the server, a collision risk index for an area, wherein the collision risk index is a comparison result between a number of calculated collision expectations in the area over a time period and a number of determined collision observations in the area over the time period;
generating, by the one or more processors of the server, a notification to automatically engage or disengage an autonomous vehicle control feature in a vehicle based upon the collision risk index for the area; and
transmitting, via a transceiver of the server, the notification to a device of the vehicle to facilitate automatically engaging or disengaging the autonomous vehicle control feature in the vehicle as the vehicle approaches the area,
wherein:
the device comprises at least one of a mobile device, an on-board computer, or a navigator,
the one or more autonomous vehicle control features includes any of autonomous steering control, autonomous throttle control, or autonomous braking control, and
the notification further comprises at least one of: (i) a virtual navigation map configured to be displayed depicting the collision risk index visually, (ii) an audible alert, (iii) a visual alert, or (iv) a haptic alert.