US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on April 14 for "Vehicle driver impairment detector system and method" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,361, issued on April 14, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Vehicle driver impairment detector system and method" was invented by Daniel S. Glaser (Novi, Mich.), Joseph F. Szczerba (Grand Blanc, Mich.), Sri Krishna Divya Pemmaraju (Plymouth, Mich.), Yi Guo Glaser (Novi, Mich.), Ron Hecht (Raanana, Israel) and Omer Tsimhoni (Warren, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting an impairment of an operator of a vehicle includes an alcohol sensor, a camera, a start control, and a controller in electrical communication with the alcohol sensor, the camera, and the start control, the controller ...