Patents

US 12509098 B2: Dynamic limiting of vehicle operation based on interior configurations

Granted
2025-12-30
Filed
2023-11-13 application 18389203
Type
Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for controlling operation of a vehicle. An example system for controlling operation of a vehicle includes one or more data collection components and one or more processors. The one or more data collection components are configured to collect data representative of a physical configuration of an interior vehicle component. The one or more processors are configured to access the collected data, determine, by processing the collected data, the physical configuration of the interior vehicle component, select a manner of operation based upon the determined physical configuration of the interior vehicle component, and cause the vehicle to operate according to the manner of operation.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251230.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 2,604 patentsUS company or organizationBloomington, ILSTATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO Form D issuer FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and statePVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Scott T. ChristensenSalem, OR254PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Brian Mark FieldsPhoenix, AZ287PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Stephen R. PrevattNormal, IL20PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Steve RobersonNormal, IL77PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
B60WConjoint 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-unitB60W50/0098PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2023-11-14Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
PREVATT, STEPHEN R. signed 2018-06-13
ROBERSON, STEVE signed 2018-06-13
CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT THOMAS signed 2018-07-10
FIELDS, BRIAN MARK signed 2018-07-12
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY BLOOMINGTON, IL65560/741ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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