Assessing driver ability to operate an autonomous vehicle
AssigneeState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
InventorsBrian Mark Fields, Leo Nelson Chan, Kristopher Keith Gaudin, Aaron Williams
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AssigneeState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
InventorsBrian Mark Fields, Leo Nelson Chan, Kristopher Keith Gaudin, Aaron Williams
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Human operators of autonomous vehicles may exhibit varying levels of operating proficiencies and may respond differently to changing road conditions or requests from the vehicle to assume more or less control over navigation. A system for assessing driver capability of an autonomous vehicle assesses human operator capabilities in a variety of circumstances to assemble a driving capability profile of the human operator. The autonomous vehicle may rely on the driving capability profile as well as an environmental profile and human operator parameters describing the environment surrounding the vehicle and an alertness level of the human operator, respectively. The vehicle may condition requests to increase or decrease driving responsibilities of the human operator depending on the driving capability profile in combination with the environmental profile and/or the human operator parameters. An insurer may condition an insurance premium cost for a time period based on the driving capability profile in combination with the environmental profile and/or the human operator parameters.
A method of assessing driver capability for operating an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
A system for assessing capability of a driver of an autonomous vehicle, the system comprising:
A method of insuring a vehicle against loss, the method comprising:
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