US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Feb. 18 for "Systems and methods for utilizing machine-assisted vehicle inspection to identify insurance buildup or fraud" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,938, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for utilizing machine-assisted vehicle inspection to identify insurance buildup or fraud" was invented by Ryan Knuffman (Danvers, Ill.), Bradley A. Sliz (Normal, Ill.) and Lucas Allen (East Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remotely-controlled (RC) and/or autonomously operated inspection device, such as a ground vehicle or drone, may capture one or more sets of imaging data indicative of at least a portion of an automotive vehicle, such as all or a portion of the undercarriage. The one or more s...