ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,344, issued on April 7.
"Emergency vehicle detection device" was invented by Diane Powers (Helena, Mont.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emergency vehicle detection device for visually alerting a driver of an automobile of a nearby emergency vehicle includes a housing, a processor, a sensor assembly, and an indicator. The processor is mounted in the housing and is operatively coupled to the sensor assembly. The sensor assembly is configured to detect an emergency vehicle nearby. The indicator is mounted on the housing and is operatively coupled to the processor. The processor is programmed to activate the indicator to emit an alert...