US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on May 27 for "Systems and methods for in-vehicle driver assistance via augmented reality" (Arizona, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,966, issued on May 27, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for in-vehicle driver assistance via augmented reality" was invented by Brian M. Fields (Phoenix), Nathan L. Tofte (Downs, Ill.), Aaron C. Williams (Bloomington, Ill.), Joseph P. Harr (Bloomington, Ill.) and Vicki King (Bloomington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The following generally relates to using Augmented Reality (AR) to enhance the in-vehicle experience. In some examples, AR techniques are applied to provide AR indications of vehicle safety indicia to alert vehicle occupants to information that...