US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Sept. 23 for "Vehicle having pet detection and control" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,728, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle having pet detection and control" was invented by Brian Bennie (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam (Canton, Mich.) and Clara Bennie (Sterling Heights, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle is provided including a cabin interior, one or more sensors located on the vehicle and configured to capture images of the cabin interior and generate sensor outputs, one or more powered windows configured to be controlled between open and closed positions, and a controller processing the sensor outputs of the one or more sensor...