ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,992, issued on Oct. 7.
"Vehicle safety apparatus and navigation system" was invented by Patrick M. Moraca (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle navigation system for use in vehicles traveling on roadways. The apparatus including a vehicle with a computer having accelerometers and gyroscopes coupled to provide signals compensating for acceleration, velocity, and centripetal forces produced by movement of the vehicle. A color-coded slope map stored in the computer. A simulated color wheel overlying a level bubble matrix within the computer with a fixed orientation relative to the vehicle. The matrix including a sim...