ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,903, issued on May 27, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Vehicle collision mitigation" was invented by Mohamed A. Layouni (Fraser, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for mitigating a vehicle collision includes a global navigation satellite system (GNSS), at least one ranging sensor, and a controller. The controller is programmed to retrieve geographical data including at least a location of the vehicle using the GNSS and determine an activation status based at least in part on the location of the vehicle. The controller is further programed to detect a remote vehicle traveling in a cross-traff...