US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on March 24 for "Wearable system and method for navigation" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,757, issued on March 24, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Wearable system and method for navigation" was invented by Jacob Alan Bond (Rochester Hills, Mich.), David William Heyne (Hazel Park, Mich.) and Pallavi Gautam (Royal Oak, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for user movement guidance includes receiving a destination request through a mobile device. The method also includes receiving, by the mobile device, sensor data from a wearable device. The wearable device includes a lanyard and an electronic pendant attached to the lanyard. The electronic pendant includes a camera and a LIDAR sen...