ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,302, issued on May 27, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Methods and devices for an occupant of a vehicle" was invented by Neslihan Kose Cihangir (Munich), Nese Alyuz Civitci (Portland, Ore.), Rafael Rosales (Unterhaching, Germany) and Ignacio J. Alvarez (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for an occupant of a vehicle are provided in this disclosure. A device for identifying an occupant of a vehicle may include a processor. The processor may be configured to determine an identity for the occupant based on a first sensor data including information indicating a detection of a facial attr...