ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,081, issued on June 23, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Seatbelt assistance" was invented by Amil George (Wuppertal, Germany), Timo Rehfeld (Cologne, Germany) and Alexander Barth (Wermelskirchen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for seatbelt assistance in a vehicle includes determining, based on interior cabin data, whether a seatbelt is correctly fastened. The determining does not provide a positive confirmation that the seatbelt is correctly fastened. The method includes outputting a prompt to a person on the seatbelt to take an action to enable re-determining ...