ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,116, issued on April 22, was assigned to Eagle Eye Networks Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Vehicle signature capture apparatus and system for entry, occupancy, exit, and security" was invented by Sankaranarayanan Parameswaran (Bengaluru, India), Ranjith Parakkal (Bengaluru, India), Dossan George (Bengaluru, India), Bhaskar C (Bengaluru, India), Deval Shah (Bengaluru, India) and Naman Mishra (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention identifies vehicles on arrival, and matches exiting vehicles to their corresponding entry event. The system uses at least one camera to capture not only the vehicle license plate but also the ...