US 11,922,734 B1
Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle incident management and recertification
Jennifer Criswell Kellett, Phoenix, AZ (US); An Ho, Tempe, AZ (US); Jerome Scott Trayer, Tempe, AZ (US); Jacob Thomas Simonson, Tempe, AZ (US); Jeremy Myers, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Kip Wilson, Cave Creek, AZ (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 Apr. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/850,700.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/965,326, filed on Jan. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/835,251, filed on Apr. 17, 2019.
Int. Cl. G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/008 (2013.01) [G07C 5/0816 (2013.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A method for managing an incident response, the method implemented using an incident management system comprising at least one incident management (IM) computing device and a vehicle, the at least one IM computing device in communication with the vehicle, the at least one IM computing device comprising at least one processor and at least one memory device, the method comprising:
in response to the vehicle determining that an incident has occurred, receiving, from the vehicle, a notification of the incident, the notification including (i) sensor data from one or more sensors included within or in communication with the vehicle and (ii) sub-systems data from one or more sub-systems of the vehicle;
determine (i) one or more injuries to at least one of one or more occupants of the vehicle or one or more pedestrians and (ii) one or more damages to the vehicle and one or more objects involved in the incident by analyzing the sensor data and the sub-systems data, the one or more damages including evolving hazards corresponding to at least one of fire or potential fire;
determining the incident response, the determination of the incident response comprising categorizing the incident based upon a first level of the one or more injuries and a second level of the one or more damages;
identifying at least one responding party based on the determined incident response, wherein the at least one responding party includes paramedic services when the first level requires assistance from the paramedic services, and wherein the at least one responding party includes fire department services when the second level requires assistance from the fire department services;
generating, by parsing the sensor data and the sub-systems data, a set of critical data to transmit to the at least one responding party, the set of critical data specific to the at least one responding party, wherein the set of critical data for the paramedic services includes an injury assessment, and wherein the set of critical data for the fire department services includes a list of the evolving hazards; and
transmitting a message to the at least one responding party including the set of critical data for the at least one responding party and a location of the vehicle.