ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,061, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Integration of vehicle sensors with remote system sensors" was invented by Chuan Li (Troy, Mich.), Esther Anderson (Canton, Mich.), Jinzhu Chen (Troy, Mich.), Jace C. Stokes (Highland, Mich.), Fan Bai (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil (Troy, Mich.) and Paul E. Krajewski (Warren, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system integrating vehicle sensors with remote system sensors includes a vehicle having a controller communicating with a vehicle sensor generating data associated with a vehicle threat alert. A vehicle communication device...