ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,551, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Enhanced occupant collision safety system" was invented by Leobardo Campos Macias (Guadalajara, Mexico), Julio Zamora Esquivel (Zapopan, Mexico), Javier Felip Leon (Hillsboro, Ore.) and David Gonzalez Aguirre (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and methods for implementing an enhanced occupant collision safety system in a vehicle are described herein. A system for controlling deployment of vehicle safety mechanisms of a host vehicle, includes a sensor array interface to receive acceleration data from an impact sensor; an image pro...