US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Oct. 7 for "Vehicle operator drowsiness alert" (Michigan, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,728, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Vehicle operator drowsiness alert" was invented by James V. Roell (Clarkston, Mich.), Maureen E. August (Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.) and George R. O'Sullivan (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling an operator drowsiness alert system for a vehicle reacts to a sensed or calculated level of drowsiness of the vehicle operator. The method includes entering a first drowsiness alert state associated with a first operator drowsiness alert if the sensed or calculated level of drowsiness is above a first predetermined level for a fir...