US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 14 for "Determining horizontal clearance for a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,205, issued on July 14, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Determining horizontal clearance for a vehicle" was invented by Azeem Sarwar (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Md Mhafuzul Islam (Warren, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining horizontal clearance for a vehicle includes a ranging sensor configured to measure a distance between the vehicle and an object in an environment surrounding the vehicle. The system further may include a human-machine interface (HMI). The system further may include a controller in electrical communication with the ranging sensor and the HMI. The controller...