US Patent Issued to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance on Sept. 2 for "Vehicle collision alert system and method" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,584, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Vehicle collision alert system and method" 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 detecting an impairment is provided. The IA computer system is associated with a host vehicle, and includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to: (i) interrogate or otherwise scan a target vehicle by using a plurali...