ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,131, issued on June 23, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Physical driver condition determination for vehicle safety" was invented by Alexander Barth (Wermelskirchen, Germany) and Timo Rehfeld (Cologne, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for determining a physical condition of a driver of a vehicle. The method includes receiving at least one image taken by a vehicle camera. The image shows at least a part of the driver and a sensor to be operated by the driver to determine the physical condition. The method includes determining, based on the image, if the sensor is o...