Systems and methods for detection, alerting, and avoidance of road hazards
AssigneeState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
InventorsMegan Hucek, Seth L. Corin, Craig B. Cope
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Abstract
A computer system is provided and is programmed to: (1) receive sensor data associated with a primary vehicle traveling on a roadway; (2) detect an obstacle in the roadway; (3) determine a vehicular response to react to the obstacle in the roadway; (4) instruct the primary vehicle to execute the vehicular response; and (5) electronically transmit information associated with the obstacle in the roadway to one or more additional vehicles on the roadway.
Claims20
A computer system comprising at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, wherein the at least one processor programmed to:
- receive sensor data associated with a primary vehicle traveling on a roadway;
- detect an obstacle in the roadway;
- determine a vehicular response to react to the obstacle in the roadway;
- instruct the primary vehicle to execute the vehicular response;
- and
- electronically transmit information associated with the obstacle in the roadway to one or more additional vehicles on the roadway.
A computer-based method for implemented on a computer device including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, the method comprising:
- receiving sensor data associated with a primary vehicle traveling on a roadway;
- detecting an obstacle in the roadway;
- determining a vehicular response to react to the obstacle in the roadway;
- instructing the primary vehicle to execute the vehicular response;
- and
- electronically transmitting information associated with the obstacle in the roadway to one or more additional vehicles on the roadway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.