Patents by Inventor Meg G. Walters

Meg G. Walters 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: 12169787
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may assist in assessing proportional fault in an automobile accident involving an automobile having one or more autonomous features. An expected behavior of an autonomous feature is compared to an observed outcome of an accident and a fault proportion between a human driver and the autonomous feature may be determined, based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Inventors: Meg G. Walters, Mark S. Richards
  • Patent number: 12153190
    Abstract: Systems and methods for deployment of a protective component, generation of a customized design for the protective component, or combinations thereof are associated with a structure comprising a portion, a neural network model, processor(s), and memory storing machine readable instructions. When executed for deployment, the neural network model predicts the likelihood of the occurrence of the natural event in the geographic area within the time frame as high as defined by when the likelihood is above a threshold, and deploys the protective component for protecting the portion of the structure when the likelihood is high. For customized design, the neural network model is used to access dimension and weather data associated with a structure and weather data to generate the customized design of the protective component for the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Mark Slusar, Nilesh Malpekar, Anna Reifman, Gabriel Federico Carballo Nunez, Meg G. Walters
  • Patent number: 12106462
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to using computer vision methods for asset evaluation. A computing platform may receive historical images of a plurality of properties and corresponding historical inspection results. Using the historical images and historical inspection results, the computing platform may train a roof waiver model (which may be a computer vision model) to output inspection prediction information directly from an image. The computing platform may receive a new image corresponding to a particular residential property. Using the roof waiver model, the computing platform may analyze the new image to output of a likelihood of passing inspection. The computing platform may send, to a user device and based on the likelihood of passing inspection, inspection information indicating whether or not a physical inspection should be performed and directing the user device to display the inspection information, which may cause the user device to display the inspection information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Deborah-Anna Reznek, Adam Sturt, Jeremy Werner, Adam Austin, Amber Parsons, Xiaolan Wu, Ryan Rosenberg, Lizette Lemus Gonzalez, Weizhou Wang, Stephanie Wong, Charles Cox, Jean Utke, Yusuf Mansour, Tia Miceli, Lakshmi Prabha Nattamai Sekar, Meg G. Walters, Dylan Stark, Emily Pavey
  • Patent number: 12051114
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to using computer vision methods to forecast damage. A computing platform may receive historical images comprising aerial images of residential properties and historical loss data corresponding to the residential properties. Using the historical images and the historical loss data, the computing platform may train a computer vision model, which may configure the computer vision model to output loss prediction information directly from an image. The computing platform may receive a new image corresponding to a particular residential property, and may analyze the new image, using the computer vision model, which may directly result in a likelihood of damage score. Based on the likelihood of damage score, the computing platform may send likelihood of damage information and one or more commands directing a user device to display the likelihood of damage information, which may cause the user device to display the likelihood of damage information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Deborah-Anna Reznek, Adam Sturt, Jeremy Werner, Adam Austin, Amber Parsons, Xiaolan Wu, Ryan Rosenberg, Lizette Lemus Gonzalez, Weizhou Wang, Stephanie Wong, Charles Cox, Jean Utke, Yusuf Mansour, Tia Miceli, Lakshmi Prabha Nattamai Sekar, Meg G. Walters, Dylan Stark, Emily Pavey
  • Patent number: 12020324
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems and apparatuses for determining and implementing dynamic usage-based insurance policies are presented. A cost per day and a cost per mile associated with the dynamic usage-based insurance policy may be determined. The cost per mile may be computed independently for each of a plurality of road segments comprising a trip based on a time of day that the vehicle traveled each road segment, a road type associated with each road segment. The cost per mile of each road segment of the driving trip may further include whether or not hard braking or hard cornering events were encountered during a specified cumulative driving distance that may include, at least a portion, of a plurality of driving trips. The cost per mile for each of the plurality of driving trips may be adjusted once a threshold distance has been traveled by the vehicle based on the number of hard braking events and hard cornering events occurred during that distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Christine L. Bischoff, Dana Ferguson, Eric D. Huls, Grady Irey, William Polisson, Caryl M. Styrsky, Ralph Adam Benjamin Tyner, Meg G. Walters
  • Publication number: 20230296804
    Abstract: Systems and methods for deployment of a protective component, generation of a customized design for the protective component, or combinations thereof are associated with a structure comprising a portion, a neural network model, processor(s), and memory storing machine readable instructions. When executed for deployment, the neural network model predicts the likelihood of the occurrence of the natural event in the geographic area within the time frame as high as defined by when the likelihood is above a threshold, and deploys the protective component for protecting the portion of the structure when the likelihood is high. For customized design, the neural network model is used to access dimension and weather data associated with a structure and weather data to generate the customized design of the protective component for the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Mark Slusar, Nilesh Malpekar, Anna Reifman, Gabriel Federico Carballo Nunez, Meg G. Walters
  • Publication number: 20230186388
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems and apparatuses for determining and implementing dynamic usage-based insurance policies are presented. A cost per day and a cost per mile associated with the dynamic usage-based insurance policy may be determined. The cost per mile may be computed independently for each of a plurality of road segments comprising a trip based on a time of day that the vehicle traveled each road segment, a road type associated with each road segment. The cost per mile of each road segment of the driving trip may further include whether or not hard braking or hard cornering events were encountered during a specified cumulative driving distance that may include, at least a portion, of a plurality of driving trips. The cost per mile for each of the plurality of driving trips may be adjusted once a threshold distance has been traveled by the vehicle based on the number of hard braking events and hard cornering events occurred during that distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Christine L. Bischoff, Dana Ferguson, Eric D. Huls, Grady Irey, William Polisson, Caryl M. Styrsky, Ralph Adam Benjamin Tyner, Meg G. Walters
  • Patent number: 11521268
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems and apparatuses for determining and implementing dynamic usage-based insurance policies are presented. A cost per day and a cost per mile associated with the dynamic usage-based insurance policy may be determined. The cost per mile may be computed independently for each of a plurality of road segments comprising a trip based on a time of day that the vehicle traveled each road segment, a road type associated with each road segment. The cost per mile of each road segment of the driving trip may further include whether or not hard braking or hard cornering events were encountered during a specified cumulative driving distance that may include, at least a portion, of a plurality of driving trips. The cost per mile for each of the plurality of driving trips may be adjusted once a threshold distance has been traveled by the vehicle based on the number of hard braking events and hard cornering events occurred during that distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Christine L. Bischoff, Dana Ferguson, Eric Huls, Grady Irey, William Polisson, Caryl M. Styrsky, Ralph Adam Benjamin Tyner, Meg G. Walters
  • Publication number: 20220318980
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to using computer vision methods for asset evaluation. A computing platform may receive historical images of a plurality of properties and corresponding historical inspection results. Using the historical images and historical inspection results, the computing platform may train a roof waiver model (which may be a computer vision model) to output inspection prediction information directly from an image. The computing platform may receive a new image corresponding to a particular residential property. Using the roof waiver model, the computing platform may analyze the new image to output of a likelihood of passing inspection. The computing platform may send, to a user device and based on the likelihood of passing inspection, inspection information indicating whether or not a physical inspection should be performed and directing the user device to display the inspection information, which may cause the user device to display the inspection information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Deborah-Anna Reznek, Adam Sturt, Jeremy Werner, Adam Austin, Amber Parsons, Xiaolan Wu, Ryan Rosenberg, Lizette Lemus Gonzalez, Weizhou Wang, Stephanie Wong, Charles Cox, Jean Utke, Yusuf Mansour, Tia Miceli, Lakshmi Prabha Nattamai Sekar, Meg G. Walters, Dylan Stark, Emily Pavey
  • Publication number: 20220318916
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to using computer vision methods to forecast damage. A computing platform may receive historical images comprising aerial images of residential properties and historical loss data corresponding to the residential properties. Using the historical images and the historical loss data, the computing platform may train a computer vision model, which may configure the computer vision model to output loss prediction information directly from an image. The computing platform may receive a new image corresponding to a particular residential property, and may analyze the new image, using the computer vision model, which may directly result in a likelihood of damage score. Based on the likelihood of damage score, the computing platform may send likelihood of damage information and one or more commands directing a user device to display the likelihood of damage information, which may cause the user device to display the likelihood of damage information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Deborah-Anna Reznek, Adam Sturt, Jeremy Werner, Adam Austin, Amber Parsons, Xiaolan Wu, Ryan Rosenberg, Lizette Lemus Gonzalez, Weizhou Wang, Stephanie Wong, Charles Cox, Jean Utke, Yusuf Mansour, Tia Miceli, Lakshmi Prabha Nattamai Sekar, Meg G. Walters, Dylan Stark, Emily Pavey
  • Patent number: 11068985
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems and apparatuses for determining and implementing dynamic usage-based insurance policies are presented. A cost per day and a cost per mile associated with the dynamic usage-based insurance policy may be determined. The cost per mile may be computed independently for each of a plurality of road segments comprising a trip based on a time of day that the vehicle traveled each road segment, a road type associated with each road segment. The cost per mile of each road segment of the driving trip may further include whether or not hard braking or hard cornering events were encountered during a specified cumulative driving distance that may include, at least a portion, of a plurality of driving trips. The cost per mile for each of the plurality of driving trips may be adjusted once a threshold distance has been traveled by the vehicle based on the number of hard braking events and hard cornering events occurred during that distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Christine L. Bischoff, Dana Ferguson, Eric Huls, Grady Irey, William Polisson, Caryl M. Styrsky, Ralph Adam Benjamin Tyner, Meg G. Walters
  • Patent number: 10430883
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable media, systems and apparatuses for determining and implementing dynamic usage-based insurance policies are presented. A cost per day and a cost per mile associated with the dynamic usage-based insurance policy may be determined. The cost per mile may be computed independently for each of a plurality of road segments comprising a trip based on a time of day that the vehicle traveled each road segment, a road type associated with each road segment. The cost per mile of each road segment of the driving trip may further include whether or not hard braking or hard cornering events were encountered during a specified cumulative driving distance that may include, at least a portion, of a plurality of driving trips. The cost per mile for each of the plurality of driving trips may be adjusted once a threshold distance has been traveled by the vehicle based on the number of hard braking events and hard cornering events occurred during that distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Christine L. Bischoff, Dana Ferguson, Eric D. Huls, Grady Irey, William Polisson, Caryl M. Styrsky, Ralph Adam Benjamin Tyner, Meg G. Walters