ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,215, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Reveal Innovations LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Distributed neural network system for vehicle occupant monitoring and control" was invented by Rocky Chau-Hsiung Lin (Cupertino, Calif.), Thomas Yamasaki (Anaheim Hills, Calif.), Koichiro Kanda (San Jose, Calif.), Diego Rodriguez Risco (Campbell, Calif.), Alexander Joseph Ryan (Mountain View, Calif.), Samah Najeeb (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Samir El Aouar (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for applying neural networks in resource-constrained environments. A system may include a sensor located in a resourc...