ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,106, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to HERE Global B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Method, apparatus, and system for detecting and characterizing parking events based on sensor data" was invented by Silviu Zilberman (Rishon le-Zion, Israel) and Harel Primack (Rishon le-Zion, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An approach is provided for determining a vehicle parking event and respective characteristics using sensor data. The approach, for example, involves receiving sensor data from at least one sensor associated with a mobile device in a vehicle. The approach also involves processing the sensor data to determine a sequence of se...