US 12,406,584 B2 · Vehicle collision alert system and method

Abstract

An impairment analysis (“IA”) computer system for detecting an impairment is provided. The IA computer system is associated with a host vehicle, and includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to: (i) interrogate or otherwise scan a target vehicle by using a plurality of sensors included on a host vehicle to scan the target vehicle and a target driver; (ii) receive sensor data including target driver data and target vehicle condition data; (iii) analyze the sensor data by applying a baseline model to the sensor data; (iv) detect an impairment of the target driver or target vehicle based upon the analysis; and/or (v) output an alert signal to a host vehicle controller, or direct collision preventing actions (such as automatically engage vehicle safety systems), based upon the determination that the target driver or target vehicle is impaired.

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Dependent claims

An impairment analysis (IA) computer system for detecting driver impairment, the IA computer system located onboard a host vehicle, the IA computer system comprising a plurality of sensors, at least one processor in communication with the plurality of sensors, and at least one memory device, the at least one processor is configured to:

receive an alert signal from a target vehicle and sensor data from the plurality of sensors including target driver data and target vehicle condition data, wherein the target vehicle is different from the host vehicle;
in response to the received alert signal, analyze the sensor data by applying a baseline model to the sensor data to determine a level of impairment of at least one of the target driver or the target vehicle;
classify the determined level of impairment within a risk level category that corresponds to the determined level of impairment;
and
in response to a determination that the risk level category exceeds a predetermined level of risk, at least one of (i) transmit at least one of the target driver data or the target vehicle condition data to at least one remote-computing device of at least one insurer network of at least one insurer associated with at least one of the target driver or the target vehicle, (ii) cause the host vehicle to perform a corrective action, or (iii) generate a host vehicle alert signal.

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A computer-implemented method using an impairment analysis (IA) computing device located onboard a host vehicle, the IA computing device including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving an alert signal from a target vehicle and sensor data from a plurality of sensors associated with the host vehicle including target driver data and target vehicle condition data, wherein the target vehicle is different from the host vehicle;
in response to the received alert signal, analyzing the sensor data by applying a baseline model to the sensor data to determine a level of impairment of at least one of the target driver or the target vehicle;
classifying the determined level of impairment within a risk level category that corresponds to the determined level of impairment;
and
in response to a determination that the risk level category exceeds a predetermined level of risk, at least one of (i) transmitting at least one of the target driver data or the target vehicle condition data to at least one remote-computing device of at least one insurer network of at least one insurer associated with at least one of the target driver or the target vehicle, (ii) causing the host vehicle to perform a corrective action, or (iii) generating a host vehicle alert signal.

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At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by at least one processor included within an impairment analysis computing device located onboard a host vehicle, the computer-executable instructions cause the at least one processor to:

receive an alert signal from a target vehicle and sensor data from a plurality of sensors including target driver data and target vehicle condition data, wherein the target vehicle is different from the host vehicle;
in response to the received alert signal, analyze the sensor data by applying a baseline model to the sensor data to determine a level of impairment of at least one of the target driver or of the target vehicle;
classify the determined level of impairment within a risk level category that corresponds to the determined level of impairment;
and
in response to a determination that the risk level category exceeds a predetermined level of risk, at least one of (i) transmit at least one of the target driver data or the target vehicle condition data to at least one remote-computing device of at least one insurer network of at least one insurer associated with at least one of the target driver or the target vehicle, (ii) cause the host vehicle to perform a corrective action, or (iii) generate a host vehicle alert signal.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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