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Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2022
Applicant:

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US);

Inventors:

Scott T. Christensen, Salem, OR (US);

Brian Mark Fields, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Stephen R. Prevatt, Normal, IL (US);

Steve Roberson, Normal, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60R 21/0134 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/01512 (2014.10); B60R 21/0134 (2013.01); B60R 21/01554 (2014.10); B60R 2021/0032 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01013 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for improving safety of one or more vehicle occupants. An example method for improving safety of one or more vehicle occupants includes accessing interior vehicle configuration data that is generated by, or derived from data generated by an interior data collection component, the data representing an interior space of a vehicle; determining, by processing the interior vehicle configuration data, location and orientation of one or more vehicle occupants; selecting a plurality of vehicle safety components to be active based on the location and orientation of the one or more vehicle occupants, and setting the plurality of vehicle safety components to an active state in which the plurality of vehicle safety components are deployed, when an emergency condition is detected.


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