ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,356, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Vehicle hazard monitoring system" was invented by Matthew Edward Gilbert-Eyres (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Eric T. Hosey (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Russell A. Patenaude (Macomb Township, Mich.) and Robert Myers (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method when executed by data processing hardware causes the data processing hardware to perform operations. The operations include monitoring, via a hazard monitoring algorithm, for a trigger event, detecting, via the hazard monitoring algorithm, the trigger event, and gene...