US Patent Issued to LIVES MATTER on May 13 for "Method, system, and device for protecting vehicle occupants" (Massachusetts, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,084, issued on May 13, was assigned to LIVES MATTER INC. (New Bedford, Mass.).

"Method, system, and device for protecting vehicle occupants" was invented by Susan Rogers (New Bedford, Mass.), Shane McKenna (Salt Lake City) and Orlin Max Wetzker (Ogden, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and device for protecting a vehicle occupant over a computerized network. There is an electronic seat pad with an occupant sensor, a driver sensor control module that detects proximity a driver's portable electronic computing device relative to the vehicle; and a key-location sensor that detects proximity of a vehicle key to the veh...