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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2020
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);
Brian Mark Fields, Normal, IL (US);
Chien Che Huang, Normal, IL (US);
Mohamed A Wazeer, Normal, IL (US);
Shawn C Bennett, Le Roy, IL (US);
Steven Cielocha, Bloomington, IL (US);
Ronny S Bryant, Bloomington, IL (US);
Stephen Kohaus, Normal, IL (US);
Terry Quakenbush, Bloomington, IL (US);
Richard A Novak, Bloomington, IL (US);
Aaron Scott Chan, Lisle, IL (US);
Craig M Main, Hagerstown, MD (US);
Weixin Wu, Aurora, IL (US);
Torri Wollenschlager, Bloomington, IL (US);
Carol Marie Csanda, Normal, IL (US);
Stacey Gorsuch, Bloomington, IL (US);
Todd Binion, Bloomington, IL (US);
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for monitoring use, determining risk, and pricing insurance policies for a vehicle having one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, a computer-implemented method for real-time determination of the status of autonomous operation features of an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be provided. With the customer's permission, the operation of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be monitored to obtain operating data from one or more autonomous operation features. An operating status of the autonomous features may be determined based upon the operating data. After which, a change in the operating status of the autonomous features may be identified, and a report containing information regarding the change in the operating status of the autonomous features may be generated. Insurance discounts may be provided to risk averse customers that maintain their autonomous vehicles, and associated accident avoidance functionality, in good working condition.