US Patent Issued to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance on May 26 for "Vehicle driver performance based on contextual changes and driver response" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,089, issued on May 26, was assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Vehicle driver performance based on contextual changes and driver response" was invented by Brian Mark Fields (Normal, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for determining the performance of a driver of a vehicle based on changes, over time, in the context and environment in which the vehicle operates, and any resultant driver behavior are disclosed. A set of driver response data is created from based on an analysis of time-series data indicative of the driver's operation of the vehicle in conjunction with time-se...