Systems and methods for allocating fault to autonomous vehicles
AssigneeState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
InventorTimothy Joel Davis
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Abstract
In one aspect, a system for allocating fault in a collision involving a vehicle is provided. The system may include (1) a sensor coupled to the vehicle and configured to collect contextual data related to the collision, (2) a non-transitory memory configured to store the contextual data, and (3) a processor coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to (a) gain access to the contextual data, and (b) compute and assign a fault percentage to a driver of the vehicle based upon the contextual data.
Claims15
An autonomous vehicle system for determining and allocating an extent of fault in a collision involving an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle system comprising:
- the autonomous vehicle;
- a plurality of sensors affixed to the autonomous vehicle and configured to:
- detect contextual information, the contextual information representing i) driving conditions associated with the autonomous vehicle and related to the collision, ii) a first position of one or more participants of the collision, and iii) a second position of one or more non-participants of the collision;
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- transmit, to a processor of an autonomous vehicle computer device coupled to the autonomous vehicle, contextual data including the contextual information;
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- the autonomous vehicle computer device coupled to the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle computer device comprising i) a non-transitory memory storing driving data and the contextual data collected by the plurality of sensors, and ii) a processor communicatively coupled to the non-transitory memory and the plurality of sensors, the processor configured to:
- execute a stored control program configured to operate the autonomous vehicle;
- during execution of the stored control program, generate driving data including driving information representing an operation of the autonomous vehicle during the execution of the stored program;
- in response to the collision, retrieve the driving data and the contextual data from the non-transitory memory, and
- compute and assign, based upon the contextual data and the driving data, a first fault score for the autonomous vehicle, a second fault score for the one or more participants of the collision, and a third fault score for the one or more non-participants of the collision, wherein the one or more participants and the one or more non-participants are at least one of a pedestrian, a cyclist, a condition of an environment, and a government entity, wherein the first fault score for the autonomous vehicle is reduced in proportion to the second fault score and the third fault score.
A computer-implemented method for determining and allocating an extent of fault in a collision involving an autonomous vehicle, said method implemented using an autonomous vehicle computer device coupled to the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle computer device including a processor in communication with a non-transitory memory in the autonomous vehicle, and a plurality of sensors affixed to the autonomous vehicle and communicatively coupled to the processor, said method comprising:
- executing, by the processor, a stored control program configured to operate the autonomous vehicle;
- during execution of the stored control program, generating driving data including driving information representing an operation of the autonomous vehicle during the execution of the stored program;
- detecting, by the processor, contextual information using the plurality of sensors, the contextual information representing i) driving conditions associated with the autonomous vehicle and related to the collision, ii) a first position of one or more participants of the collision, and iii) a second position of one or more non-participants of the collision;
- receiving, by the processor from the plurality of sensors, contextual data including the contextual information;
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- in response to the collision, processing, by the processor, the driving data and the contextual data;
- computing, by the processor, a first fault score for the autonomous vehicle, a second fault score for the one or more participants of the collision, and a third fault score for the one or more non-participants of the collision, wherein the one or more participants and the one or more non-participants are at least one of another vehicle, a pedestrian, a cyclist, a condition of an environment, and a government entity, wherein the first fault score for the autonomous vehicle represents a first percentage of fault for the collision allocated to the autonomous vehicle, the second fault score for the one or more participants represents a second percentage of fault for the collision allocated to the one or more participants, and the third fault score for the one or more non-participants represents a third percentage of fault for the collision allocated to the one or more non-participants, and wherein the first fault score for the autonomous vehicle is reduced in proportion to the second fault score and the third fault score.
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