ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,328, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for locating mobile devices within a vehicle" was invented by Sawyer I. Cohen (Menlo Park, Calif.), Jack J. Wanderman (San Francisco), Romain A. Teil (San Francisco) and Scott M. Herz (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving, by sensors inside an enclosure of a vehicle, signals generated by signal generators in the enclosure of the vehicle. One of the sensors or signal generators may be part of a mobile device inside the enclosure. The method also includes determining a location and orientation of the mobile ...