ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,335, issued on July 22, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Detection of distracted drivers" was invented by Alireza Esna Ashari Esfahani (Novi, Mich.) and Upali P. Mudalige (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting hazards for a vehicle includes a vehicle sensor for determining information about an environment surrounding the vehicle and a global navigation satellite system (GNSS). The system also includes a controller in electrical communication with the vehicle sensor and the GNSS. The controller is programmed to perform a plurality of measurements. The controller is ...