ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,311, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Method for determining a current status of a window" was invented by Kamil Lelowicz (Bogunice, Poland) and Pawel Markiewicz (Cracow, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for determining a current status of a window of a vehicle. The vehicle comprises an optical sensor system configured to acquire at least one image of an interior of a vehicle cabin, wherein at least a part of the window is visible in the at least one image. According to the method, at least one characteristic of a pane of the window is determined from the...