US 12,259,731 B2
Preemptive logical configuration of vehicle control systems
Aleksandr Likhterman, Wheeling, IL (US); Sunil Chintakindi, Menlo Park, CA (US); and Harini Anand, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US)
Assigned to Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed by Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/103,689.
Application 18/103,689 is a continuation of application No. 17/170,293, filed on Feb. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,586,210.
Application 17/170,293 is a continuation of application No. 16/016,903, filed on Jun. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,915,105, issued on Feb. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0185305 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); B60W 60/00 (2020.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/70 (2022.01)
CPC G05D 1/0214 (2013.01) [B60W 60/0011 (2020.02); G05D 1/0221 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 10/768 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, via one or more sensors, location data and environmental data, the location data associated with a location of a vehicle and the environmental data associated with surroundings of the vehicle, the environmental data including at least one of an indication of precipitation, a type of precipitation, a volume of precipitation, a temperature, a presence of road ice, a presence of fluid on road, ambient light levels, a presence of fog, a density of fog, driver visibility, a presence of wind, or a velocity of wind;
identifying one or more driving danger areas in a vicinity around the location of the vehicle, wherein each of the one or more driving danger areas is associated with one or more driving hazards and based on historical incident data corresponding to the vicinity around the location of the vehicle;
detecting a driving hazard of the one or more driving hazards in the environmental data, the driving hazard associated with the one or more driving danger areas; and
generating a detection alert in response to detection of the driving hazard in the environmental data.