US Patent Issued to Allstate Insurance on Oct. 6 for "Driving cues and coaching" (Illinois, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,818, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co.

"Driving cues and coaching" was invented by William Polisson (Vernon Hills, Ill.), Regina Madigan (Mountain View, Calif.), Timothy W. Gibson (Barrington, Ill.), Surender Kumar (Palatine, Ill.) and Mark Slusar (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, medium, and apparatus for educating and reducing risk to inexperienced drivers using vehicles with autonomous navigation systems. Data regarding a driver's past experience with vehicles and operating environments may be used to proactively warn the driver about a potential danger detected or predicted by the vehicle. An...