US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Nov. 4 for "Augmented reality door opening warning" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,499, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Augmented reality door opening warning" was invented by Steven Landry (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Joseph F. Szczerba (Grand Blanc, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing warning to an occupant within a vehicle prior to the occupant exiting the vehicle includes a plurality of onboard sensors adapted to collect information related to an environment outside the vehicle, an occupant monitoring system adapted to monitor and detect movement of the occupant within the vehicle, a display screen adapted to be viewed by the occupant within the...