US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Feb. 3 for "Automatic valet parking for vehicle" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,843, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Automatic valet parking for vehicle" was invented by Arian Sosa (Morelia, Mexico), Yulianna Torres (Northville, Mich.), Ryan Craig (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Salvador Toledo (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a controller programmed to, responsive to receiving information for an appointment. The controller is further programmed to schedule a valet event using the information in anticipation for a valet mode associated with the appointment. The valet event includes one or more conditions. The controller is further progra...