US Patent Issued on Dec. 23 for "Systems and methods to enable a vehicle to exit double-lock mode" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,886, issued on Dec. 23.

"Systems and methods to enable a vehicle to exit double-lock mode" was invented by John Robert Van Wiemeersch (Novi, Mich.) and Simon John William Hurr (Grays, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a first detection unit, a second detection unit, and a processor is disclosed. The first detection unit may be configured to detect presence of an occupant inside the vehicle. The second detection unit may be configured to detect that the vehicle may be in a double-lock mode. The processor may be configured to obtain inputs from the first detection unit and the second detection unit. Respo...