Patent ID: 11947351
Assignee: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle, comprising:
generating, using one or more processors, an algorithm based on a plurality of inputs indicative of anticipated driver responses to unavoidable driving accident scenarios that have one or more specified conditions comprising a corresponding time of day;
controlling, using the one or more processors, the autonomous vehicle using the algorithm in response to an occurrence of a driving situation predicted to result in damage to the autonomous vehicle;
dynamically determining over a course of a time period, using the one or more processors, an insurance cost for the autonomous vehicle based on the plurality of inputs and a current time of day; and
instructing, using the one or more processors, an output device to provide an indication of the insurance cost as the insurance cost is dynamically determined over the course of the time period.