ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,018, issued on Dec. 30.
"Systems and methods for preventing car theft" was invented by Ava-Elizabeth Francis Bell (Ravenna, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are disclosed for receiving, by a receiver, a first signal sent from a remote access device; and, in response to the receiver receiving the first signal, causing, by a processor, an electrochromic device of a vehicle windshield to be in a turned-on state. A transmitter sends a second signal to a remote authenticator device, the second signal triggering a response signal from the remote authenticator device. The receiver receives the response signal. In resp...