ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,128, issued on July 29, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Non-contact depth sensing monitoring in vehicles" was invented by Paul S. Addison (Edingburgh, Great Britain), Michael Addison (Edinburgh, Great Britain) and Dean Montgomery (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods for non-contact monitoring in vehicles are described. The systems and methods may use depth sensing cameras as part of the non-contact monitoring system. In some embodiments, depth data from at least one depth sensing device that has a field of view of at least part of the interior of the vehicle is received, wherein...