US Patent Issued to MAGNA ELECTRONICS on Nov. 4 for "Multi-sensor body measurement detection and restraint control" (Michigan, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,456, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MAGNA ELECTRONICS LLC (Southfield, Mich.).

"Multi-sensor body measurement detection and restraint control" was invented by Caroline Chung (Royal Oak, Mich.), Matthew Parker (Nashua, N.H.), Varun Garg (Winchester, Mass.) and Riley Paxton (Pontiac, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera measurement module is configured to determine first measurements of an occupant of a seat based on an image captured using a camera within the passenger cabin of the vehicle. A radar measurement module is configured to determine second measurements of the occupant of the seat within the passenger cabin of the...