ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,731, issued on June 30, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Alcohol detection apparatus" was invented by Atsuya Tanaka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alcohol detection apparatus includes an image sensor, a touch sensor, an alcohol sensor, and a processor. The image sensor generates a captured image by performing imaging of an occupant in a driver's seat of a vehicle. The alcohol sensor performs a detection of an alcohol component in breath of the occupant. Based on the captured image, the processor performs a first process of confirming whether the occupant is touching the touch sensor, and performs a second process of c...