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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2020
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);
Brian Mark Fields, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Steven C. Cielocha, Bloomington, IL (US);
Jacob J. Alt, Downs, IL (US);
Laura A. Uphoff, Normal, IL (US);
Leo Nelson Chan, Normal, IL (US);
Mohamed A. Wazeer, Normal, IL (US);
Kristopher Keith Gaudin, Bloomington, IL (US);
Justin Davis, Normal, IL (US);
Nathan W. Baumann, Bloomington, IL (US);
Giles Roll, Bloomington, IL (US);
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for providing vehicular driver alerts. In various aspects a vehicle operating environment may be monitored by one or more sensors associated with a first vehicle operating within the vehicle operating environment. The first vehicle may be determined to be in proximity to a second vehicle based upon sensor data obtained from the one or more sensors. An identifier associated with the second vehicle may be determined based upon the sensor data and the identifier may be used to receive evaluation data associated with the second vehicle. The evaluation data may indicate a quality level associated with operation of the second vehicle. Based upon the evaluation data, it may be determined that the second vehicle is associated with a heightened risk of a vehicle accident. A warning regarding the heighted risk may be generated and presented, by an output device, to a vehicle operator of the first vehicle.