ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,834, issued on May 20, was assigned to PHINIA JERSEY HOLDINGS LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Assisted vehicle identification method and device" was invented by Stephane Belsoeur (Clere-les-Pins, France) and Fabrice Gautrey (Rochecordon, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process of identifying a model and/or platform and/or brand of a vehicle comprises: connecting a vehicle identification device, having at least one vehicle communication interface, on at least one OBD plug of an OBD line of a tested vehicle, the vehicle identification device being associated with a database of stored communication patterns corresponding to a list of m...