US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on Aug. 26 for "Apparatuses, systems and methods for improving operation of autonomous vehicles" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,802, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Apparatuses, systems and methods for improving operation of autonomous vehicles" was invented by Aaron Scott Chan (San Jose, Calif.) and Kenneth J. Sanchez (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for improving vehicular safety are provided. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may receive and analyze image data depicting an individual located within a vehicle. The electronic device may also access certain data related to a condition of the individual, and may accordingly determine whethe...