ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,725, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. (Chicago).

"Device and method for restricting a vehicle operator from passing through an access-controlled barrier in response to a parking violation" was invented by Lee Sun Ooi (Kulim, Malaysia), Kin Hee Woo (Gelang Patah, Malaysia), Shyan Jenq Ho (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia) and Chun Meng Tan (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for restricting a vehicle operator from passing through an access-controlled barrier in response to a parking violation. In operation, an electronic computing device determines that a vehicle is parked in violation of a p...