ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,428, issued on May 20, was assigned to FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands).

"Method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium for locking automobile" was invented by Chung-Nan Ko (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for locking automobile includes determines if a door locking action is done by a driver. If the automobile is found to be in a status of parking and an engine system is not turned off, a sensor can detect presence of absence of passengers in the automobile. The location of a key being found outside of the automobile or still inside according to wireless ...