US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on July 21 for "Automatic control of vehicle access door" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,062, issued on July 21, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Automatic control of vehicle access door" was invented by Hyundong Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Hyoungsuk Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Rakyung Gwak (Incheon, South Korea), Bongbum Back (Incheon, South Korea) and Russell A. Patenaude (Macomb Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating an access door in a vehicle includes receiving, via an electronic controller, a command to open the access door and detecting an obstacle within range of operation of the access door. The method also includes generating, via a camera, a predefine...