Patents by Inventor Mark V. Slusar
Mark V. Slusar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
-
Patent number: 10867354Abstract: At least a method for determining risk behavior of a driver is described. While a vehicle is being driven, data is obtained related to the position and movement of a wireless communications device. The data may indicate the type of behavior exhibited by the driver while the vehicle is being driven.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Mark V. Slusar, Joseph Kleinhenz, Eric D. Huls
-
Patent number: 10777051Abstract: A system may be configured to detect an emergency condition at a premises; dispatch one or more autonomous drones to a location associated with the emergency condition; receive from the one or more autonomous drones, sensor data associated with the emergency condition; generate, based on the sensor data, a plan identifying an evacuation route for safely evacuating the premises; and transmit an instruction that causes the one or more autonomous drones to indicate, to one or more persons in a vicinity of the emergency condition, the evacuation route. The system may further detect, based on the sensor data, one or more safe areas in the premises, and the evacuation route may pass through at least one of the one or more safe areas.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Surender Kumar, Mark V. Slusar, Howard Hayes
-
Patent number: 10740850Abstract: System and methods are disclosed for determining, through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, whether vehicles are involved in autonomous droning. Vehicle driving data and other information may be used to calculate an autonomous droning reward amount. In addition, vehicle involved in a drafting relationship in addition to, or apart from, an autonomous droning relationship may be financially rewarded. Moreover, aspects of the disclosure related to determining ruminative rewards and/or aspects of vehicle insurance procurement/underwriting.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventor: Mark V. Slusar
-
Patent number: 10733673Abstract: System and methods are disclosed for determining, through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, whether vehicles are involved in autonomous droning. Vehicle driving data and other information may be used to calculate a autonomous droning reward amount. In addition, vehicle involved in a drafting relationship in addition to, or apart from, an autonomous droning relationship may be financially rewarded. Moreover, aspects of the disclosure related to determining ruminative rewards and/or aspects of vehicle insurance procurement/underwriting.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventor: Mark V. Slusar
-
Patent number: 10664918Abstract: System and methods are disclosed for determining, through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, whether vehicles are involved in autonomous droning. Vehicle driving data and other information may be used to calculate a autonomous droning reward amount. In addition, vehicle involved in a drafting relationship in addition to, or apart from, an autonomous droning relationship may be financially rewarded. Moreover, aspects of the disclosure related to determining ruminative rewards and/or aspects of vehicle insurance procurement/underwriting.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventor: Mark V. Slusar
-
Publication number: 20200101917Abstract: Event-based connected vehicle control and response systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed. An example method comprises identifying the occurrence of an event, storing first data corresponding to apparatus operation for a first threshold amount of time prior to the event, during the occurrence of the event, and for a second threshold amount of time after the event, determining whether a responsive object is involved in or near the event, in response to determining that the responsive object is involved in or near the event, transmitting the first data to the responsive object, and receiving, from the responsive object, second data, analyzing the first data and the second data to determine a party at-fault for the event, aggregating the first data and second data into an event report, and causing, automatically, a response to be initiated through an entity associated with the party at-fault.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Surender Kumar, Clint J. Marlow, Timothy W. Gibson, Mark V. Slusar, Chris Wiklund
-
Patent number: 10593199Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems and apparatuses for rating a road segment based on data received from one or more sensors distributed along the road segment. In some arrangements, a number of sensors along a road segment may be determined based on characteristics or features of the road segment. In at least some arrangements, the data received and/or processed from road segment sensors may be controlled based on current road segment conditions. For instance, in fair weather data from fewer than all sensors along a road segment may be received and/or processed because the likelihood of a dangerous condition is reduced. However, when current conditions indicate the potential for hazardous conditions (e.g., temperature near or below freezing, presence of moisture, untreated road segment, etc.) data from all sensors may be received and/or processed to ensure the most accurate information for an entire length of the road segment is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventor: Mark V. Slusar
-
Publication number: 20200082726Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling autonomous vehicles to provide automated emergency response functions. A computing platform may receive vehicle data associated with a vehicle from an on-board vehicle monitoring system associated with the vehicle. Subsequently, the computing platform may detect an occurrence of an emergency at a location. Thereafter, the computing platform may select an autonomous vehicle to respond to the emergency at the location based on autonomous vehicle state information. Then, the computing platform may generate one or more dispatch commands directing the autonomous vehicle to move to the location and execute one or more emergency response functions. Subsequently, the computing platform may send, to an on-board autonomous vehicle control system associated with the autonomous vehicle, the one or more dispatch commands directing the autonomous vehicle to move to the location and execute the one or more emergency response functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Surender Kumar, Ryan M. Briggs, Mark V. Slusar, Timothy W. Gibson
-
Patent number: 10518729Abstract: Event-based connected vehicle control and response systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed. An example method comprises identifying the occurrence of an event, storing first data corresponding to apparatus operation for a first threshold amount of time prior to the event, during the occurrence of the event, and for a second threshold amount of time after the event, determining whether a responsive object is involved in or near the event, in response to determining that the responsive object is involved in or near the event, transmitting the first data to the responsive object, and receiving, from the responsive object, second data, analyzing the first data and the second data to determine a party at-fault for the event, aggregating the first data and second data into an event report, and causing, automatically, a response to be initiated through an entity associated with the party at-fault.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Surender Kumar, Clint J. Marlow, Timothy W. Gibson, Mark V. Slusar, Chris Wiklund
-
Patent number: 10414407Abstract: One or more driving analysis computing devices in a driving analysis system may be configured to analyze driving data, determine driving behaviors, and calculate driver scores based on driving data transmitted using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. Driving data from multiple vehicles may be collected by vehicle sensors or other vehicle-based systems, transmitted using V2V communications, and then analyzed and compared to determine various driving behaviors by the drivers of the vehicles. Driver scores may be calculated or adjusted based on the determined driving behaviors of vehicle drivers, and also may be calculated or adjusted based on other the driver scores of nearby vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventor: Mark V. Slusar
-
Patent number: 10410526Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling autonomous vehicles to provide automated emergency response functions. A computing platform may receive vehicle data associated with a vehicle from an on-board vehicle monitoring system associated with the vehicle. Subsequently, the computing platform may detect an occurrence of an emergency at a location. Thereafter, the computing platform may select an autonomous vehicle to respond to the emergency at the location based on autonomous vehicle state information. Then, the computing platform may generate one or more dispatch commands directing the autonomous vehicle to move to the location and execute one or more emergency response functions. Subsequently, the computing platform may send, to an on-board autonomous vehicle control system associated with the autonomous vehicle, the one or more dispatch commands directing the autonomous vehicle to move to the location and execute the one or more emergency response functions.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Surender Kumar, Ryan M. Briggs, Mark V. Slusar, Timothy W. Gibson
-
Publication number: 20190108695Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the authenticity of vehicle operational data provided by telematics or other devices are provided. Vehicle performance and/or operational data may be collected and the authenticity of the data stream may be determined based on the whether the data stream includes a watermark in a predetermined location of the data stream or whether the data stream includes a data key comprising a predetermined false vehicle performance data reading. A second data recording device may also record vehicle performance and/or operational data. Both the first and second data recording devices may provide the respective vehicle performance data to a computing device. The computing device may compare the vehicle performance data from the first and second data recording devices to determine authenticity of the vehicle measurement data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventor: Mark V. Slusar
-
Publication number: 20190050505Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing the processing and execution of models that may have been developed on a variety of platforms. A multi-model execution module specifying a sequence of models to be executed may be determined. A multi-platform model processing and execution management engine may execute the multi-model execution module internally, or outsource the execution to a distributed model execution orchestration engine. A model data monitoring and analysis engine may monitor the internal and/or distributed execution of the multi-model execution module, and may further transmit notifications to various computing systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Robert Andrew Nendorf, Nilesh Malpekar, Mark V. Slusar, Joseph Kleinhenz
-
Publication number: 20190039545Abstract: Event-based connected vehicle control and response systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed. An example method comprises identifying the occurrence of an event, storing first data corresponding to apparatus operation for a first threshold amount of time prior to the event, during the occurrence of the event, and for a second threshold amount of time after the event, determining whether a responsive object is involved in or near the event, in response to determining that the responsive object is involved in or near the event, transmitting the first data to the responsive object, and receiving, from the responsive object, second data, analyzing the first data and the second data to determine a party at-fault for the event, aggregating the first data and second data into an event report, and causing, automatically, a response to be initiated through an entity associated with the party at-fault.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Surender Kumar, Clint J. Marlow, Timothy W. Gibson, Mark V. Slusar, Chris Wiklund
-
Publication number: 20190027038Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for determining that an adverse driving event is likely to occur and utilizing accident calculus algorithms to determine and cause vehicle driving actions necessary to mitigate consequences of the adverse driving event. After determining that an adverse driving event is likely to occur, a computing device my forecast consequences of the driving event. The computing device may determine potential evasive maneuvers that may be taken responsive to the adverse driving event. Additionally, the computing device may determine consequences associated with the potential evasive maneuvers and assign a weight relative to the consequence. The computing device may compare the potential driving maneuvers based on the weighted consequences to determine a driving maneuver to take.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Sunil Chintakindi, Regina Madigan, Mark V. Slusar, Timothy W. Gibson
-
Patent number: 10181228Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the authenticity of vehicle operational data provided by telematics or other devices are provided. Vehicle performance and/or operational data may be collected and the authenticity of the data stream may be determined based on the whether the data stream includes a watermark in a predetermined location of the data stream or whether the data stream includes a data key comprising a predetermined false vehicle performance data reading. A second data recording device may also record vehicle performance and/or operational data. Both the first and second data recording devices may provide the respective vehicle performance data to a computing device. The computing device may compare the vehicle performance data from the first and second data recording devices to determine authenticity of the vehicle measurement data.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventor: Mark V. Slusar
-
Patent number: 10096067Abstract: System and methods are disclosed for determining, through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, whether vehicles are involved in autonomous droning. Vehicle driving data and other information may be used to calculate a autonomous droning reward amount. In addition, vehicle involved in a drafting relationship in addition to, or apart from, an autonomous droning relationship may be financially rewarded. Moreover, aspects of the disclosure related to determining ruminative rewards and/or aspects of vehicle insurance procurement/underwriting.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventor: Mark V. Slusar
-
Patent number: 10096070Abstract: At least a system for providing telematics data associated with a vehicle being driven by a driver is described. The vehicular telematics data may be obtained by tracking the movements of a wireless communications device of a driver of the vehicle. The telematics data may provide, among other things, speed, acceleration, deceleration, times of operation, duration of operation, mileage driven per day, and day of the week the vehicle has been used. At least a system for determining risk behavior of a driver is also described. While a vehicle is being driven, data is obtained related to the position and movement of a wireless communications device. The data may indicate the type of behavior exhibited by the driver while the vehicle is being driven.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Mark V. Slusar, Joseph Kleinhenz, Eric D. Huls
-
Publication number: 20180225769Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling an autonomous vehicle to respond to a detected collision. An autonomous vehicle control system may receive sensor data associated with an autonomous vehicle in which the autonomous vehicle control system is installed. The autonomous vehicle control system may analyze the sensor data in real-time as the sensor data is received and may detect an occurrence of a collision involving the autonomous vehicle. In response to detecting the occurrence of the collision, the autonomous vehicle control system may generate claim information based on the sensor data and may process the claim information based on at least one insurance profile maintained by the autonomous vehicle control system. Then, the autonomous vehicle control system may generate a claim notification based on processing the claim information and may send the claim notification to a vehicle management computer system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2017Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Mark V. Slusar, Timothy W. Gibson, Caleb Brian Slaughter Gore, Colton J. Reif
-
Publication number: 20180201263Abstract: A method is disclosed for analyzing historical accident information to adjust driving actions of an autonomous vehicle over a travel route in order to avoid accidents which have occurred over the travel route. Historical accident information for the travel route can be analyzed to, for example, determine accident types which occurred over the travel route and determine causes and/or probable causes of the accident types. In response to determining accident types and causes/probable causes of the accident types over the travel route, adjustments can be made to the driving actions planned for the autonomous vehicle over the travel route. In addition, in an embodiment, historical accident information can be used to analyze available travel routes and select a route which presents less risk of accident than others.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Mark V. Slusar, Jason Brian Bogovich, Julie A. Jordan Peters