Patents
US 12469279 B2: Methods and systems for automated vehicle seat replacement
- Granted
- 2025-11-11
- Filed
- 2024-01-18 application 18416279
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically evaluating a vehicle seat replacement after a vehicle collision. Upon detecting a vehicle collision is detected, obtaining vehicle seat condition data from vehicle seat sensors and vehicle condition data from vehicle sensors. Analyzing the vehicle seat condition data and/or the vehicle condition data to detect one or more collision conditions indicating (i) the vehicle is not drivable, (ii) a vehicle door proximate the vehicle seat is damaged, (iii) an airbag of the vehicle is deployed, and/or (iv) the vehicle seat is visibly damaged. In response to detecting the one or more collision conditions, generating a recommendation to replace the vehicle seat and providing the recommendation to a user device.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251111.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 2,604 patents | US company or organization | Bloomington, IL | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Espel-Logan | Plano, TX | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Brian Mark Fields | Phoenix, AZ | 287 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Joshua John Freitas | Peoria, AZ | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Melissa Miles | Normal, IL | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jeanne Koehler | Bloomington, IL | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q30/0631 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06V | Image or video recognition or understanding | G06V10/70 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60N | Seats specially adapted for vehicles; vehicle passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for | B60N2/266 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60Q | Arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general | B60Q9/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60W | Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function; control systems specially adapted for hybrid vehicles; road vehicle drive control systems for purposes not related to the control of a particular sub-unit | B60W30/08 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F21/6218 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06T | Image data processing or generation, in general | G06T19/006 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L9/3073 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04N | Pictorial communication, e.g. television | H04N21/47217 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-26 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ESPEL-LOGAN, CATHERINE signed 2023-11-21 FIELDS, BRIAN MARK signed 2023-11-28 FREITAS, JOSHUA JOHN signed 2024-01-08 MILES, MELISSA COLLETTE signed 2023-11-27 KOEHLER, JEANNE signed 2023-10-19 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY BLOOMINGTON, IL | 66252/500 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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