ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,229, issued on March 11, was assigned to CSAA Insurance Services Inc. (Walnut Creek, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for vehicle-based alert systems" was invented by Chandan Mishra (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Tim Holland (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method is disclosed, the method comprising: (i) detecting, via a first sensor of an alert system configured for use with a vehicle, a living being inside the vehicle; (ii) measuring, via a second sensor, an environmental feature inside the vehicle; (iii) based at least on the detection of the living being and the measured environmental feature, determining, an alert con...