US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 29 for "System and method for activating a voice assistant for a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,163, issued on July 29, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"System and method for activating a voice assistant for a vehicle" was invented by Kamran Ali (Troy, Mich.) and Mohamed A. Layouni (Fraser, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for activating a voice assistant of a vehicle includes a microphone, a first wireless module, a second wireless module, and a controller in electrical communication with the microphone, the first wireless module, and the second wireless module. The controller is programmed to transmit a plurality of original training signals on a plurality of subcarriers using the f...