US Patent Issued to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance on Nov. 4 for "Systems and methods for enhanced base map generation" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,485, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for enhanced base map generation" was invented by Jeremy Carnahan (Normal, Ill.), Michael Stine McGraw (Bloomington, Ill.) and John Andrew Schirano (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feature mapping computer system configured to (i) receive a localized image including a photo depicting a driving environment and location data associated with the photo, (ii) identify, using an image recognition module, a roadway feature depicted in the photo, (iii) generate, using a photogrammetry module, a point c...