US Patent Issued on Jan. 13 for "Vehicle equipped with safety system and method of responding to an unauthorized possession of a vehicle" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,176, issued on Jan. 13.

"Vehicle equipped with safety system and method of responding to an unauthorized possession of a vehicle" was invented by William D. Yates (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of, and safety system usable in, responding to an unauthorized possession of a vehicle configured to transport at least one person, including the steps of: obtaining the vehicle with the safety system associated therewith, the safety system configured to at least one of: a) generate at least one form of detectable signal; b) generate an electronic signal; and c) generate at least one image of a person in/on the vehicle; and g...