US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Nov. 3 for "Smart parking systems and control logic for vehicle assisted occupant egress" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,220, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Smart parking systems and control logic for vehicle assisted occupant egress" was invented by Matthew E. Gilbert-Eyres (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Alec M. Wuorinen (Columbus, Ohio), Tarun Sehgal (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Russell A. Patenaude (Macomb Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a host vehicle includes a vehicle controller communicating with vehicle dynamics sensors and/or vehicle control modules to determine if the host vehicle is parked; if so, the controller responsively retrieves sensor data from a vehicle...