ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,386, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to STANLEY ROBOTICS (Versailles, France).

"Device for vehicle identification in an automated logistics center and associated method" was invented by Aurelien Cord (Paris) and Mathieu Lips (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for managing a motor vehicle parking area comprises a plurality of physical media bearing a unique identifier selected from among the group consisting of a barcode optical identifier, a QR code, or an RFID tag. Each physical medium is arranged on or in a motor vehicle. The system further comprises at least one camera for filming the vehicles, an analysis means runnin...