US 12,456,337 B2
Technology for detecting onboard sensor tampering
Aaron Scott Chan, San Jose, CA (US); Kenneth J. Sanchez, San Francisco, CA (US); Gina Taylor, Champaign, IL (US); Saivikas Thalluri, Champaign, IL (US); and Jie Yan, Urbana, IL (US)
Assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed by STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/231,369.
Application 18/231,369 is a continuation of application No. 17/867,020, filed on Jul. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,763,608.
Application 17/867,020 is a continuation of application No. 16/933,377, filed on Jul. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,423,716, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Application 16/933,377 is a continuation of application No. 15/714,919, filed on Sep. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,755,495, issued on Aug. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410576 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/32 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/0816 (2013.01) [G06F 11/327 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/04 (2013.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, the computer-implemented method comprising:
comparing, by a processor, data captured by one or more interior sensors associated with a vehicle to one or more thresholds to determine an indication that activity of a vehicle operator either cannot be detected or cannot be identified using the data captured by one or more of the one or more interior sensors;
diagnosing, by the processor, when the data captured by the one or more interior sensors associated with the vehicle exceeds one or more of the one or more thresholds, a possible cause of the indication that the activity of the vehicle operator either cannot be detected or cannot be identified; and
generating one or more of a notification that the activity of the vehicle operator cannot be detected or identified, or a notification indicating the possible cause.