ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,685, issued on March 25, was assigned to CHAOYANG SEMICONDUCTOR JIANGYIN TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (San Diego).

"Method and apparatus for automotive vehicle diagnostics using cognitive smart sensors" was invented by Saeid Safavi (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a method and apparatus for diagnosing the status of a vehicle using cognitive SMART sensors are disclosed. The SMART sensors have at least some processing power directly associated with the sensor. The SMART sensor that include an artificial intelligence (AI) core are is tightly coupled to the sensor within the SMART sensor. The sensor may be an audi...