US Patent Issued to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance on Nov. 3 for "Vehicle driver safety performance based on relativity" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,985, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Vehicle driver safety performance based on relativity" was invented by Brian Mark Fields (Normal, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and techniques for determining optimal safe driving behaviors and optimal safety thresholds of the various parameters for particular routes are disclosed. Historical driver data for a plurality of drivers operating vehicles over various routes during different contextual situations and/or different combinations of conditions along the routes is analyzed to determine respective, relat...