ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,947, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Portable Multimedia Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Security system" was invented by Ceri Hill (London), Graham Lambert (London) and Sam Lewis (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security system for use in a vehicle includes a first device configured for mounting in a first location of a vehicle, and a second device configured for mounting in a second location of a vehicle different from the first location. The first device includes a first image capture sensor facing a first direction and a first object detection module operative to detect the presence of an object exterior to a vehicle in which...