Systems and methods for insurance based upon status of vehicle software
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- continuously or periodically capturing status data from at least one sensor associated with a collision avoidance system of a ground vehicle, wherein the collision avoidance system comprises a computer system configured to execute a collision avoidance software program;
detecting a collision involving the ground vehicle;
saving, on a computer-readable storage medium, pre-collision status data from the collision avoidance software program, the pre-collision status data comprising data about one or more adjustable parameters of the collision avoidance software program associated with the ground vehicle; and
adjusting at least one of the one or more adjustable parameters of the collision avoidance software program utilizing the saved pre-collision status data from the collision avoidance software program to avoid a subsequent collision;
implementing a collision avoidance decision based at least in part on the adjusted parameters to avoid the subsequent collision, the collision avoidance decision comprises at least one of a dynamic braking decision and a dynamic steering decision for the ground vehicle.
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Abstract
A vehicle may be configured to determine a characteristic of a software program operating on the vehicle. The characteristic may be provided to an insurer, and the insurer may determine a property of an insurance policy based on the characteristic. The characteristic may be, for example, a feature, a setting, and/or a version of the software program. The insurer may indicate to a vehicle operator and/or owner how changing the characteristic may affect the property of the insurance policy. The insurance policy may be formalized and agreed to by the insurer and/or the insured. The vehicle may also or instead save pre-collision status data, such adjustable parameters, internal variables, dynamic decisions, and/or identification of a software program, when a collision is detected. The pre-collision status data may be used to diagnose problems with the software program, determine fault, and/or determine future properties of insurance policies.
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1. A method comprising:
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continuously or periodically capturing status data from at least one sensor associated with a collision avoidance system of a ground vehicle, wherein the collision avoidance system comprises a computer system configured to execute a collision avoidance software program; detecting a collision involving the ground vehicle; saving, on a computer-readable storage medium, pre-collision status data from the collision avoidance software program, the pre-collision status data comprising data about one or more adjustable parameters of the collision avoidance software program associated with the ground vehicle; and adjusting at least one of the one or more adjustable parameters of the collision avoidance software program utilizing the saved pre-collision status data from the collision avoidance software program to avoid a subsequent collision; implementing a collision avoidance decision based at least in part on the adjusted parameters to avoid the subsequent collision, the collision avoidance decision comprises at least one of a dynamic braking decision and a dynamic steering decision for the ground vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system comprising:
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a storage module configured to continuously or periodically capture status data from a collision avoidance system of a ground vehicle, wherein the collision avoidance system comprises a computer system configured to execute a collision avoidance software program a collision detection module configured to detect a collision involving the ground vehicle; and wherein the storage module is further configured to save pre-collision status data from the collision avoidance software program, wherein the pre-collision status data comprises data about one or more adjustable parameters of the collision avoidance software program, and the collision avoidance software program further configured to adjust at least one of the one or more adjustable parameters utilizing the saved pre-collision status data from the collision avoidance software program to avoid a subsequent collision; the collision avoidance software program further configured to implement a collision avoidance decision to avoid the subsequent collision, the collision avoidance decision comprises at least one of a dynamic braking decision and a dynamic steering decision for the ground vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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