ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,092, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to BWI Acquisition Inc. (Chesterfield, Mo.).

"Vehicle imaging and inspection system" was invented by Jason Hauk (O'Fallon, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front-end image acquisition component acquires photographs and/or videos of the exterior of a vehicle traveling on a path between a first predefined location and a second predefined location. In one aspect, an image acquisition system comprises a first camera support structure, a second camera support structure, an image processor, and a memory. Cameras are affixed to each of the camera support structures for acquiring image data of a subje...