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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2020
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);
Brian Mark Fields, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Chien Che Huang, Normal, IL (US);
Mohamed A. Wazeer, Normal, IL (US);
Shawn C. Bennett, Le Roy, IL (US);
Steven C. Cielocha, Bloomington, IL (US);
Ronny S. Bryant, Bloomington, IL (US);
Stephen Kohaus, Bloomington, IL (US);
Terry Quakenbush, Bloomington, IL (US);
Richard A. Novak, Plano, TX (US);
Aaron Scott Chan, San Jose, CA (US);
Craig M. Main, Allen, TX (US);
Weixin Wu, Normal, IL (US);
Torri Wollenschlager, Bloomington, IL (US);
Carol Marie Csanda, Hudson, 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, with the customer's permission, a vehicle operator in an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be determined by a sensor disposed within the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle or a mobile computing device associated with the vehicle operator. A determination may be made as to whether the vehicle operator is authorized to operate the vehicle based upon the determined identity of the vehicle operator; and if the vehicle operator is not authorized, an alert may be generated and/or the vehicle may be caused to not operate. Alternatively, autonomous operation features may be automatically engaged to automatically drive the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle to a safe location when the operator is not authorized. Insurance discounts may be provided based upon the anti-theft functionality.