ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,833, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).
"Tunnel detection system" was invented by Sai Vishnu Aluru (Commerce Township, Mich.) and Siva Chinthalapudi (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tunnel detection system includes an imager configured to capture image data and including a microcontroller, radar configured to capture radar data, and an ambient light sensor configured to capture light data. An electronic control unit (ECU) is communicatively coupled with each of the imager, the radar, and the ambient light sensor. The ECU includes data processing hardware that includes a tunnel...