ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,995, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Identifying roadway safety events in remote vehicles" was invented by Derek Beaulieu Ancrum (Whitby, Canada), Donald K. Grimm (Utica, Mich.) and Shawn F. Granda (Warren, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to several aspects, a method for identifying roadway safety events may include performing a measurement of one or more target vehicles using a sensor. The method further may include identifying a safety event based at least in part on the measurement of the of one or more target vehicles. The method further may include performing an a...