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Autonomous or partially autonomous motor vehicles with automated risk-controlled systems and corresponding method thereof

  • US 10,460,394 B2
  • Filed: 10/17/2016
  • Issued: 10/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automotive car system, comprising:

  • a plurality of autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles, including;

    exteroceptive sensors or measuring devices configured to sense environmental parameters, the environmental parameters including at least distances to objects, intensity of an ambient light, or sound amplitude;

    proprioceptive sensors or measuring devices configured to sense operating parameters of the motor vehicles, the operating parameters including at least a motor speed, wheel load, heading, or battery status of the motor vehicles;

    automotive control systems configured to identifying appropriate navigation paths, obstacles, or relevant signage by interpreting sensory data of the exteroceptive and proprioceptive sensors or measuring devices; and

    telematics devices with one or more wireless connections or wired connections between the automotive control systems and an external system, the telematics devices having a plurality of interlaces for connection with at least one of a vehicle'"'"'s data transmission bus or a plurality of interfaces for connection with the exteroceptive and proprioceptive sensors or measuring devices;

    a first risk-transfer system configured to provide a first risk-transfer based on first risk transfer parameters from at least some of the motor vehicles to the first risk-transfer system, the first risk-transfer system including a plurality of payment transfer modules configured to receive and store first payment parameters associated with risk-transfer of risk exposures of the motor vehicles for pooling of risks of the motor vehicles; and

    a second risk-transfer system configured to provide a second risk-transfer based on second risk-transfer parameters from the first risk-transfer system to the second risk-transfer system, the second risk-transfer system including second payment transfer modules configured to receive and store second payment parameters associated with risk exposures transferred to the first risk-transfer systems for pooling of risks of the first risk-transfer system,whereinthe autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles or the automotive control systems are connected to a central, expert-system based circuit through the telematics devices, a data link between the central, expert-system based circuit and the motor vehicles being based on the wireless connections, the motor vehicles transmitting at least usage-based, user-based, or operational automotive data via the telematics devices to the central, expert-system based circuit, the usage-based, user-based, or operational automotive data being based on the sensory data of the exteroceptive and proprioceptive sensors or measuring devices or operating parameters of the automotive control systems,risk-related automotive data captured from the transmitted automotive data of the motor vehicles are processed by the central, expert-system based circuit, the first risk transfer parameters and correlated first payment transfer parameters being generated by the central, expert-system based circuit and transmitted to the first risk-transfer system, and, in the case of triggering an occurrence of one of defined risk events associated with the transferred risk exposure of the motor vehicles, occurred loss being automatically covered by the first risk-transfer system based on the first risk transfer parameters and correlated first payment transfer parameters,second risk transfer parameters and correlated second payment transfer parameters are generated by the central, expert-system based circuit and transmitted to the second risk-transfer system, the occurred loss being at least partly covered by the second risk-transfer system based on the second risk transfer parameters and correlated second payment transfer parameters, andthe first and second risk transfer parameters and the correlated first and second payment transfer parameters are dynamically adapted or optimized by the central, expert-system based circuit based on the usage-based, user-based, or operational automotive data captured from the plurality of autonomous or partially autonomous driving motor vehicles and based on the pooled risks of the first risk-transfer systems.

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