US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on March 18 for "Training and utilizing a machine-learning model to automatically predict an identity of a driver based on seat position" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,134, issued on March 18, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Training and utilizing a machine-learning model to automatically predict an identity of a driver based on seat position" was invented by Suriya Kopula (Cumming, Ga.) and Jeffrey Wilson Stoiber (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The described methods and systems enable automatic detection of a driver's identity based on an analysis of position or orientation data pertaining to elements of a cockpit that the driver tends to personalize when driving according to her preferences. Example position or orientation data may inc...