ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,813, issued on May 6, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Home and vehicle repair diagnostics" was invented by Eric Allyn Finley (Bloomington, Ill.), Jennifer L. Crawford (Normal, Ill.), Corin Rebekah Chapman (Bloomington, Ill.), Edward W Breitweiser (Bloomington, Ill.) and Gregory Wong (New Albany, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing augmented reality overlay displays related to repairs may include obtaining sensor data associated with a home or vehicle and analyzing the sensor data associated to identify a vehicle component and/or home appliance that...