ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,307, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Karma Automotive Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Method for distracted driver detection and alert" was invented by Satyam Singh (Irvine, Calif.) and Sina Hamzehlouia (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for distracted driver detection and alert includes receiving vehicle speed data from one or more wheel speed sensors disposed on the vehicle and receiving proximity data from one or more proximity sensors disposed on the vehicle, the proximity data indicating a distance of the vehicle relative to any objects in front of the vehicle. The method also includes executing a distracted driver...