IP Library Granted Patent US 11,580,852
Granted Patent B2
US 11,580,852 · App. 16/821,078 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Electrical data processing system for monitoring or affecting movement of a vehicle using a traffic device

Inventors: Regina Madigan (Mountain View, CA); Timothy W. Gibson (Barrington, IL); Howard Hayes (Glencoe, IL); Surender Kumar (Palatine, IL)
Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
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Patent No.
US 11,580,852
App. No.
16/821,078
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring or affecting movement of a vehicle using a traffic device. An event data source may have a processor and/or a transceiver. The event data source may transmit, via the transceiver and to a vehicle and infrastructure computing device, information indicative of an event affecting a portion of road. The vehicle and infrastructure computing device may comprise a vehicle and infrastructure control computer. The vehicle and infrastructure computing device may receive, from the event data source, the information indicative of the event affecting the portion of road. The computing device may determine one or more traffic devices associated with the portion of road and configured to control traffic for the portion of road. Based on the information indicative of the event affecting the portion of road, the computing device may send, to the one or more traffic devices associated with the portion of road, instructions to change one or more characteristics of the one or more traffic devices.

Claims (41)

1. A system comprising

sensor device configured to capture one or more images indicative of one or more conditions associated with a vehicle at an intersection of one or more roads;

a communication interface configured to receive, from a transceiver associated with the sensor device over a communication network, the images indicative of one or more vehicle conditions associated with the vehicle at the intersection; and

a processor that executes instructions stored in memory to:

calculate, based on the conditions associated with the vehicle, a risk score for the intersection;

determine, based on the risk score, a modified operating condition;

determine one or more vehicles within a predetermined distance of the intersection;

dynamically generate instructions regarding the modified operating condition for transmission over the communication network to one or more computing device associated with the one or more vehicles, wherein the instructions regarding the modified operating condition for at least one of the one or more vehicles are adjusted to be different than instructions regarding the modified operating conditions for at least one other of the one or more vehicles; and

providing the generated instructions regarding the modified operating condition to a display device associated with the at least one vehicle, wherein the instructions regarding the modified operating conditions for at least one other vehicle is provided to a different display device associated with the at least one other vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver is part of a mobile device associated with a driver of the at least one vehicle, and wherein the generated instructions are executable by the mobile device to disable one or more applications of the mobile device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the modified operating condition is a modified speed limit of the intersection, and wherein the modified speed limit for the at least one vehicle is adjusted to be different than the modified speed limit for the at least one other vehicle.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the modified operating condition is a modified usage of one or more lanes of the intersection, wherein the instructions regarding the modified operating condition for at least one vehicle is based on a current lane in which the at least one vehicle is driving, and wherein the at least other vehicle is driving in a different lane.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one vehicle is a first autonomous vehicle, and wherein the instructions regarding the modified operating condition are executable by the first autonomous vehicle, and include one or more control signals for controlling the first autonomous vehicle.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein the dynamically generated instructions for the at least one vehicle enable or disable the mobile device based on a status of a traffic device.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor further generates instructions executable by a mobile device of a pedestrian located within the predetermined distance of the intersection, the instructions executable to modify a display of the mobile device and disable one or more functionalities of the mobile device.

8. A computing device comprising:

a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein the instructions are executed by the processor to:

calculate, based on one or more images indicative of one or more conditions associated with a vehicle at an intersection of one or more roads, a risk score for the intersection;

determine, based on the risk score, a modified operating condition;

determine one or more vehicles within a predetermined distance of the intersection;

dynamically generate instructions regarding the modified operating condition for transmission over a communication network to one or more mobile devices associated with the one or more vehicles, wherein the instructions regarding the modified operating condition for at least one of the one or more vehicles are adjusted to be different than instructions regarding the modified operating condition for at least one other of the one or more vehicles; and

provide the generated instructions regarding the modified operating condition to a display device associated with the at least one vehicle, wherein the instructions regarding the modified operating conditions for at least one other vehicle is provided to a display device associated with the at least one other vehicle.

9. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the images are received via a transceiver that is part of a mobile device associated with the at least one vehicle, and wherein the generated instructions are executable by the mobile device to disable one or more applications of the mobile device.

10. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the modified operating condition is a modified speed limit of the intersection, and wherein the modified speed limit for the at least one vehicle is different than the modified speed limit for the at least one other vehicle.

11. The computing device of claim 8 , wherein the modified operating condition is a modified usage of one or more lanes of the intersection, wherein the instructions regarding the modified operating condition for at least one vehicle is based on a current lane in which the at least one vehicle is driving, and wherein the at least other vehicle is driving in a different lane.

12. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one vehicle is a first autonomous vehicle, and wherein the instructions regarding the modified operating condition are executable by the first autonomous vehicle, and include one or more control signals for controlling the first autonomous vehicle.

13. The computing device of claim 12 , wherein the dynamically generated instructions for the at least one vehicle enable or disable the mobile device based on a status of a traffic device.

14. A method comprising:

receiving, from a sensor device, one or more images indicative of one or more conditions associated with a vehicle at an intersection comprising one or more roads;

calculating, based on the conditions associated with the vehicle, a risk score for the intersection;

determining, based on the risk score, a modified operating condition;

determining one or more vehicles within a predetermined distance of the intersection;

dynamically generate instructions regarding the modified operating condition for transmission over a communication network to one or more mobile devices associated with the one or more vehicles, wherein the instructions regarding the modified operating condition for at least one of the one or more vehicles are adjusted to be different than instructions regarding the modified operating condition for at least one other of the one or more vehicles; and

provide the generated instructions regarding the modified operating condition to a display device associated with the at least one vehicle, wherein the instructions regarding the modified operating conditions for at least one other vehicle is provided to a display device associated with the at least one other vehicle.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein images are received via a transceiver that is part of a mobile device associated with the at least one vehicle, and wherein the generated instructions are executable by the mobile device to disable one or more applications of the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the modified operating condition is a modified speed limit of the intersection, and wherein the modified speed limit for the at least one vehicle is different than the modified speed limit for the at least one other vehicle.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the modified operating condition is a modified usage of one or more lanes of the intersection and wherein the modified speed limit for the at least one vehicle is adjusted to be different than the modified speed limit for the at least one other vehicle.

18. The method of claim 17 , at least one vehicle is a first autonomous vehicle, and further comprising transmitting, to the first autonomous vehicle the instructions that include one or more control signals for controlling the first autonomous vehicle.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the dynamically generated instructions for the at least one vehicle enable or disable the mobile device based on a status of a traffic device.

20. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

transmitting, to a mobile device of a pedestrian located within the predetermined distance of the intersection, instructions executable to modify a display of the mobile device and disable one or more functionalities of the mobile device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2020
From: MADIGAN, REGINA; GIBSON, TIMOTHY W.; HAYES, HOWARD; KUMAR, SURENDER
To: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 052204/0669 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16435844 · Jun 10, 2019
Continuation 16142163 · Sep 26, 2018
Continuation 15249556 · Aug 29, 2016
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