US Patent Issued to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance on Dec. 30 for "Vehicle collision alert system and method for detecting driving hazards" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,000, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Vehicle collision alert system and method for detecting driving hazards" was invented by Douglas L. Dewey (Bloomington, Ill.), Jon Hodel (Heyworth, Ill.) and Steve F. Roberson (Normal, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impairment analysis ("IA") computer system for alerting a first driver of a first vehicle to a driving hazard posed by a second vehicle operated by a second driver is provided. The IA computer system is associated with the first vehicle, and includes at least one processor in communication with at least one mem...