Subscription-based and event-based connected vehicle control and response systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12515646-B2
Application number	US-202418645853-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2024
Priority date	Aug 2, 2017
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

Event-based and subscription-based connected vehicle control and response systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving first data acquired by a first plurality of vehicle operation sensors of a first vehicle from a first computing device associated with a first subscriber, identifying an occurrence of an event involving the first vehicle, requesting second data acquired by one or more responsive object sensors in a vicinity of the event, determining a causation of the event, generating a fault distribution, and transmitting the fault distribution to the computing device of the first subscriber.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A system comprising:
a server comprising at least one processor and memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:
receive, from a computing device via a communication channel, associated with a first subscriber, first data acquired by at least one vehicle operation sensor associated with a first vehicle;
identify, based on the first data acquired by the at least one vehicle operation sensor, an occurrence of an event involving the first vehicle;
identify one or more responsive object sensors in a vicinity of the event;
request, from the one or more responsive object sensors, second data;
determine, based on the first data and the second data, a causation of the event;
generate, based on at least one of the first data, the second data, or the causation, a fault distribution of the occurrence;
transmit, to the computing device of the first subscriber via the communication channel, the fault distribution,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:
upon determining a second vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the event, generate, an event avoidance maneuver; and
transmit, to the second vehicle via the communication channel, the event avoidance maneuver.

2 . The system of claim 1 wherein the fault distribution includes a percentage of fault attributed to at least one of the first vehicle, a second vehicle, or an entity.

3 . The system of claim 1 wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:
determine, based on at least one of the first data or the second data, a geographic location associated with the occurrence;
query a database for historical data associated with the geographic location; and
determine the causation of the occurrence based on the first data, the second data, and the historical data.

4 . The system of claim 3 wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:
generate, based on the first data, the second data, and the historical data, a fault trend.

5 . The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more responsive object sensors are associated with a second vehicle or an infrastructure device.

6 . The system of claim 1 wherein the event avoidance maneuver includes route instructions to avoid the event.

7 . The system of claim 1 wherein the second vehicle is an autonomous vehicle.

8 . The system of claim 1 wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:
determine, based on the causation of the event, an action to eliminate the causation.

9 . The system of claim 1 wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server to:
generate, based on the fault distribution, a reward for the first subscriber, and transmit a notification of the reward to the first subscriber.

10 . A method comprising:
receiving, from a computing device via a communication channel, associated with a first subscriber, first data acquired by at least one vehicle operation sensor associated with a first vehicle; identifying, based on the first data acquired by the at least one vehicle operation sensor, an occurrence of an event involving the first vehicle; identifying one or more responsive object sensors in a vicinity of the event; requesting, from the one or more responsive object sensors, second data; determining, based on the first data and the second data, a causation of the event; generating, based on at least one of the first data, the second data, or the causation, a fault distribution of the occurrence; transmitting, to the computing device of the first subscriber via the communication channel, the fault distribution, upon determining a second vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the event, generating, an event avoidance maneuver; and transmit, to the second vehicle, via the communication channel the event avoidance maneuver.

11 . The method of claim 10 wherein the fault distribution includes a percentage of fault attributed to at least one of the first vehicle, a second vehicle or an entity.

12 . The method of claim 10 wherein the method further comprises:
determining, based on at least one of the first data or the second data, a geographic location associated with the occurrence;
querying a database for historical data associated with the geographic location; and
determining the causation of the occurrence based on the first data, the second data, and the historical data.

13 . The method of claim 12 wherein the method further comprises:
generating, based on the first data, the second data, and the historical data, a fault trend.

14 . The method of claim 10 wherein the one or more responsive object sensors are associated with a second vehicle or an infrastructure device.

15 . The method of claim 10 wherein the method further comprises:
upon determining a second vehicle is within a predetermined distance of the event, generating, an event avoidance maneuver; and
transmit, to the second vehicle, the event avoidance maneuver.

16 . The method of claim 15 wherein the event avoidance maneuver includes route instructions to avoid the event.

17 . The method of claim 15 wherein the second vehicle is an autonomous vehicle.

18 . The method of claim 10 wherein the method further comprises:
determining, based on the causation of the event, an action to eliminate the causation.

19 . The method of claim 10 wherein the method further comprises:
generating, based on the fault distribution, a reward for the first subscriber, and
transmitting a notification of the reward to the first subscriber.

Assignees

• Allstate Insurance Co

Inventors

• Kumar Surender
• Marlow Clint J
• Gibson Timothy W
• Slusar Mark V
• Wiklund Chris
• Iynoolkhan Younuskhan Mohamed

Classifications

• B60W2554/00

  Input parameters relating to objects · CPC title

• G06Q30/0213

  Consumer transaction fees · CPC title

• G08G1/0125

  Traffic data processing · CPC title

• G08G1/161

  Decentralised systems, e.g. inter-vehicle communication · CPC title

• G07C5/085

  using electronic data carriers · CPC title