Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autonomous vehicle operator identification
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Application No.: US16266490Application Date: 2019-02-04
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Publication No.: US11014567B1Publication Date: 2021-05-25
- Inventor: Brian Mark Fields , Chien Che Huang , Mohamed A Wazeer , Shawn C Bennett , Steven C Cielocha , Ronny S Bryant , Stephen Kohaus , Terry Quakenbush , Richard A Novak , Aaron Scott Chan , Craig M Main , Weixin Wu , Torri Wollenschlager , Carol Marie Csanda , Stacey Gorsuch , Todd Binion
- 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: B60W40/08
- IPC: B60W40/08 ; B60W50/14 ; G06Q40/08 ; G05D1/00

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.
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