ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,013, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DEGOULD Ltd. (Exeter, Great Britain).

"Method and apparatus for vehicle damage mapping" was invented by Daniel George Gould (Exeter, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for mapping damage on a vehicle, the method comprising: displaying a graphical user interface on a display device of a computing device which shows a first image representing a first view of a vehicle; defining a first coordinate system relative to the first image; detecting a first user input command provided via a user input device associated with the computing device, the first user input comma...