Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Broadcasting information related to hazards impacting vehicle travel
-
Application No.: US16011827Application Date: 2018-06-19
-
Publication No.: US10366605B1Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Gregory L. Hayward
- Applicant: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Bloomington
- Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Current Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Bloomington
- Main IPC: G08G1/09
- IPC: G08G1/09 ; G07C5/00 ; G08G1/01 ; G08G1/0965 ; H04W4/40

Abstract:
A system of broadcasting information related to hazards impacting vehicle travel may include a mobile device configured to: (1) mount within a vehicle dashboard cradle so that the mobile device is positioned to take images forward of a vehicle; (2) collect telematics data, with customer permission or affirmative consent, when the vehicle is moving, including GPS location, speed, heading, lane, braking, cornering, acceleration, and/or route data of the vehicle; (3) generate an alert based upon the telematics data and the images, and/or broadcast data including the images and the telematics data; and/or (4) broadcast the alert and/or the data collected to (a) a nearby vehicle(s) and/or (b) a smart infrastructure component(s) to facilitate warning of hazards upon the nearby vehicle(s) and/or the smart infrastructure component(s) receiving and processing the alert and/or the broadcasted data. Insurance discounts may be generated based upon the risk mitigation or prevention functionality.
Public/Granted literature
- US1809982A Vehicle brake Public/Granted day:1931-06-16
Information query