US 11,946,748 B1
Automated vehicle control and guidance based on real-time blind corner navigational analysis
Veljko Krunic, Boulder, CO (US); Sunil Chintakindi, Menlo Park, CA (US); Timothy W. Gibson, Barrington, IL (US); Howard Hayes, Glencoe, IL (US); and Surender Kumar, Palatine, IL (US)
Assigned to Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed by Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/157,351.
Application 17/157,351 is a continuation of application No. 15/958,205, filed on Apr. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,907,978, issued on Feb. 2, 2021.
Application 15/958,205 is a continuation of application No. 15/205,046, filed on Jul. 8, 2016, granted, now 9,983,013, issued on May 29, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 18/2415 (2023.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC G01C 21/3407 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3629 (2013.01); G01C 21/3644 (2013.01); G06F 18/2415 (2023.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blind corner navigation system, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the blind corner navigation system to:
receive a preliminary route from a mobile device;
receive image data from a digital imager device;
receive navigational data from a map database system;
process the preliminary route and the navigational data to identify one or more blind corners of the preliminary route;
generate a blind corner navigational score for the preliminary route by processing the navigational data received from the map data base system and the image data received from the digital imager device, the blind corner navigational score representing a likelihood that the one or more blind corners are visible from a vantage point of a vehicle;
compare the blind corner navigational score to a threshold;
based on a result of the comparing and based on driver profile data associated with a driver, generate a warning signal; and
transmit the warning signal to the mobile device.