ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,509, issued on Jan. 27.
"Vehicle damage evaluation and documentation system" was invented by Steven Hopf (Boerne, Texas) and Kevin Gene Abelbeck (Alcoa, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention may include a software application used on a smartphone or other electronic device utilizing a camera and a processor. The software application may include the ability to identify a dent in a vehicle body, documenting the extent of the damage of that dent, and maintain photographic and analytical data of that specific dent throughout a repair process. The software application may also guide a user as to the status of the repa...