ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,282, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for providing vehicle intervention therapy" was invented by Samuel Smrtnik (Lake Orion, Mich.) and Mark Lewkowicz (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of providing vehicle intervention therapy is provided. First sensor data associated with the occupant of the vehicle is received from a sensor system. A first physiological parameter is generated based on the first sensor data. A physiological state is identified based on the first physiological parameter. The first physiological parameter i...