Patent Shows GM Is Working On a Solution to Eliminate Motion Sickness
Applications made by automakers to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sometimes are noteworthy enough to garner media attentions; in most cases, they involve a request to protect a vehicle name, or to patent new technology.
A recent patent application by GM shows the automaker is currently working on new technology that would substantially reduce, if not eliminate, motion sickness. And why tackle this issue now, when the phenomenon has been around since the dawn of transportation?
Because of the eventual arrival of self-driving vehicles. In those types of transportation, occupants will be doing other things besides focusing on the road or the horizon. Things like reading, writing, looking at screens, etc. And that is precisely what lends itself to the onset of motion sickness. If you’ve have ever tried to read a book or even a tablet or smartphone as a passenger in a vehicle for any length of time, you probably know what that’s all about.
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In its patent application, GM notes that motion sickness could make people reluctant to use self-driving vehicles – especially if the very first experience they have with one leads to nausea.
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