US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Oct. 7 for "Systems and methods for communicating with vision-impaired vehicle occupants" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,672, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for communicating with vision-impaired vehicle occupants" was invented by Joseph F. Szczerba (Grand Blanc, Mich.), Ki Hyun Ahn (Lake Orion, Mich.) and Jacob Alan Bond (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occupant output system includes at least one output device adapted to provide output directed to a single passenger, an occupant monitoring system to track location and movement of the passenger within the vehicle, at least one processor configured to execute program instructions, wherein the program instruct...