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US 12,351,195 · App. 17/945,419 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Data processing system for guidance, control, and testing autonomous vehicle features and driver response

Inventor: Soren K. Lundsgaard (Inverness, IL)
Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
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Patent No.
US 12,351,195
App. No.
17/945,419
Filed
Sep 15, 2022
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B1
Examiner
TO, TUAN C
Art Unit
3667
USPC
701/23
Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for guidance, control, and testing of autonomous vehicle features and a driver's response thereto. The system may activate a plurality of autonomous driving features of an autonomous vehicle. In response to a determination to initiate a driving test, the system may generate an indication to a driver of the autonomous vehicle of the initiation of the driving test and may deactivate or adjust parameters of one or more of the plurality of autonomous driving features. The system may receive, from one or more sensors of the autonomous vehicle or one or more sensors of a mobile computing device within the autonomous vehicle, driving data associated with the autonomous vehicle. Based on the driving data associated with the autonomous vehicle, the system may determine the driver's response time and actions taken by the driver during the driving test. Moreover, in response to a determination to end the driving test, the system may reactivate the one or more of the plurality of autonomous driving features previously deactivated or may readjust previously adjusted parameters. In some aspects, based on the driver's response time and actions taken by the driver during the driving test, a drive score may be generated for the driver.

Claims (47)

1. A system comprising:

one or more sensors configured to measure driving data of an autonomous vehicle; and

a computing device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive driving data measured by the one or more sensors;

a processor; and

memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:

generate a driving test that is customized for a driver and based in part on past driving telematics data of the driver;

initiate the driving test; and

determine, based on driving data associated with the autonomous vehicle and received from the one or more sensors, a score for the driver for the driving test.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the generating the driving test comprises:

comparing a first driving behavior of the driver to a threshold; and

including the first driving behavior in the driving test based on a result of the comparing.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the past driving telematics data is retrieved from a database.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the driving test is further based on preference data associated with the driver and the past driving telematics data associated with a group of drivers.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the generating the driving test comprises:

assign a weight to each of the past driving telematics data of the driver, the preference data associated with the driver, and the past driving telematics data associated with the group of drivers.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory stores additional computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:

determine, based on current driving conditions or based on a location of the autonomous vehicle, whether to initiate the driving test.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing device initiates the driving test in response to receiving a command from the driver to initiate the driving test.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when read by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

generate, for a driver associated with an autonomous vehicle, a driving test customized for the driver and based in part on past driving telematics data of the driver;

initiate the driving test; and

determine, based on the driving data associated with the autonomous vehicle and received from one or more sensors of the autonomous vehicle, a score for the driver for the driving test.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the generating the driving test comprises:

comparing a first driving behavior of the driver to a threshold; and

including the first driving behavior in the driving test based on a result of the comparing.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the past driving telematics data is retrieved from a database.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the driving test is further based on preference data associated with the driver and the past driving telematics data associated with a group of drivers.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the generating the driving test comprises:

assign a weight to each of the past driving telematics data of the driver, the preference data associated with the driver, and the past driving telematics data associated with the group of drivers.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , storing instructions that, when read by the computing device, cause the computing device to:

determine, based on current driving conditions or based on a location of the autonomous vehicle, whether to initiate the driving test.

14. A method, comprising:

generating, by a computing device and for a driver associated with an autonomous vehicle, a driving test customized for the driver and based in part on past driving telematics data of the driver;

initiating, by the computing device, the driving test; and

determining, by the computing device and based on driving data associated with the autonomous vehicle and received from one or more sensors of the autonomous vehicle, a score for the driver for the driving test.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the generating the driving test comprises:

comparing a first driving behavior of the driver to a threshold; and

including the first driving behavior in the driving test based on a result of the comparing.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the past driving telematics data is retrieved from a database.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the driving test is further based on preference data associated with the driver and the past driving telematics data associated with a group of drivers.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

assigning a weight to each of the past driving telematics data of the driver, the preference data associated with the driver, and the past driving telematics data associated with the group of drivers.

19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

determining, based on current driving conditions or based on a location of the autonomous vehicle, whether to initiate the driving test.

20. The method of claim 14 , the initiating the driving test comprises:

initiating the driving test in response to receiving a command from the driver to initiate the driving test.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2023
From: LUNDSGAARD, SOREN K.
To: ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
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Continuation 16878726 · May 20, 2020
Continuation 16152495 · Oct 5, 2018
Continuation 15437988 · Feb 21, 2017
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