ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,389, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HERE GLOBAL B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Apparatus and methods determining a newly established vehicle-related rule within an area" was invented by Leon Stenneth (Chicago), Jerome Beaurepaire (Courbevoie, France) and Jeremy Michael Young (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for determining a newly established vehicle-related rule within an area. In one example, the apparatus receives sensor data indicating attributes of an area for a first period. The attributes indicate a number of vehicle-related tickets issued within the ar...