US Patent Issued to MAGNA ELECTRONICS on Oct. 28 for "Systems and methods for confirmation of intoxication determination" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,511, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to MAGNA ELECTRONICS LLC (Southfield, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for confirmation of intoxication determination" was invented by Caroline Chung (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Thomas Herbert (Fenton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intoxication detection system of a vehicle includes: a passive breath sensor configured to measure an amount of an intoxicant present within a passenger cabin of the vehicle; a camera configured to capture images including a driver on a driver's seat within the passenger cabin of the vehicle; an intoxication indication module configured to: selectively determine that t...