US 12,374,210 B1
Systems and methods for detecting water events in vehicles
Stefanie Jean Acosta, San Antonio, TX (US); Carlos JP Chavez, San Antonio, TX (US); Janelle Denice Dziuk, Falls City, TX (US); Michael Joseph Gaeta, San Anotnio, TX (US); Stacy Callaway Huggar, San Antonio, TX (US); Emily Kathleen Krebs, San Antonio, TX (US); Jeffrey Neal Pollack, San Antonio, TX (US); and Mitzi Ruiz, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/738,766.
Application 18/738,766 is a continuation of application No. 18/306,789, filed on Apr. 25, 2023, granted, now 12,033,489.
Application 18/306,789 is a continuation of application No. 17/736,761, filed on May 4, 2022, granted, now 11,670,155, issued on Jun. 6, 2023.
Application 17/736,761 is a continuation of application No. 16/749,649, filed on Jan. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,348,440, issued on May 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/796,413, filed on Jan. 24, 2019.
Int. Cl. G08B 21/20 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); G01F 23/18 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 21/20 (2013.01) [B60R 21/00 (2013.01); G01F 23/185 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0016 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle water detection system, comprising:
a water-activated battery configured to produce an electrical voltage upon contact with water;
one or more sensors configured to detect one or more parameters relating to a vehicle; and
circuitry configured to at least partially power the circuitry and the one or more sensors using the electrical voltage produced by the water-activated battery, to receive data relating to the one or more parameters from the one or more sensors, to detect a water event occurring in the vehicle based at least in part on the data relating to the one or more parameters, and to transmit one or more instructions to the vehicle to actuate one or more components of the vehicle upon detection of the water event.