US Patent Issued to Allstate Insurance on July 8 for "Data processing system for guidance, control, and testing autonomous vehicle features and driver response" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,195, issued on July 8, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co. (Northbrook, Ill.).

"Data processing system for guidance, control, and testing autonomous vehicle features and driver response" was invented by Soren K. Lundsgaard (Inverness, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for guidance, control, and testing of autonomous vehicle features and a driver's response thereto. The system may activate a plurality of autonomous driving features of an autonomous vehicle. In response to a determination to initiate a driving test, the system may generate an indication to a driver of the autonomous vehicle of the ...