Patents

US 11623649 B2: Managing self-driving behavior of autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle based upon actual driving behavior of driver

Granted
2023-04-11
Filed
2022-06-23 application 17848232
Type
Utility · 18 claims
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Abstract

A system and method for measuring a driver's actual driving behaviors (e.g., acceleration, deceleration) in a manual driving mode to determine their preferred driving style, and then causing an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle to operate itself, within limits, in accordance with the drivers' driving style when operating in a self-driving mode, thereby providing a more familiar and comfortable driving experience for the driver. Data is collected on the actual driving behavior, any pre-existing data is accessed on the actual driving behavior, and the collected data and the pre-existing data are combined. A custom control is then created based upon the combined data, and the custom control is applied to manage the self-driving behavior of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle in a self-driving mode. Additional data continues to be collected on the actual driving behavior, and the custom control is adjusted based upon the collected additional data.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg230411.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 2,604 patentsUS company or organizationBloomington, ILSTATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and statePVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Brian Mark FieldsNormal, IL287PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Joseph P. HarrBloomington, IL58PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Jeremy MyersNormal, IL56PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
B60WConjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function; control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles; road vehicle drive control systems for purposes not related to the control of a particular sub-unitB60W40/09PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
G05DSystems for controlling or regulating non-electric variablesG05D1/0088PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided forG06Q40/08PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2022-06-24Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
HARR, JOSEPH signed 2015-12-16
FIELDS, BRIAN M. signed 2015-12-02
MYERS, JEREMY signed 2015-12-02
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY BLOOMINGTON, IL60303/297PASDL, file of 2026-10-15

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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