ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,678, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to DISCOVERY LOFT INC. (Toronto).

"Automated artifical intelligence vehicle appraisals" was invented by Stephen R. Southin (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for vehicle appraisal that uses a dynamic interface with vehicle capture modules to capture image and audio data of a vehicle and processes the image and audio data to automatically compute vehicle metrics. The system uses the vehicle metrics to generate costs data and market value estimates for the vehicle. The system can integrate with other systems using an application programming interface to exchange data and reports."

The...