Traffic risk avoidance for a route selection system

US10247565B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · US

Inventors

• John A. Nepomuceno · Bloomington, US
• Rajiv C. Shah · Bloomington, US
• Leo Nelson Chan · Normal, US
• Steven C. Cielocha · Bloomington, US
• Roxane Lyons · Chenoa, US
• Matthew S. Megyese · Bloomington, US
• William J. Leise · Normal, US
• Jennifer Criswell Kellett · Lincoln, US
• Kristopher Keith Gaudin · Bloomington, US
• Jennifer L. Crawford · Normal, US
• Jeremy Myers · Normal, US
• Edward P. Matesevac, III · Normal, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 7, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 2, 2019
• Expiry date: Apr 7, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01C21/3461
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods relate to, inter alia, calculating a number of expected collisions in an area over a time period. The systems and methods may further determine a number of observed collisions in the area over the time period. The systems and methods may further calculate a risk index for the area based upon a comparison between the number of expected collisions and the number of observed collisions. The systems and methods may further select a travel route for a vehicle based upon the risk index.