US Patent Issued to THE BOEING on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for determining space availability in an aircraft" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,467, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Systems and methods for determining space availability in an aircraft" was invented by Amar Patel (Arlington, Va.) and Vinutha Patel (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method for determining space availability in an aircraft includes receiving outputs from a plurality of laser sensors positioned in a baggage container at a first wall and a second wall, and the first wall and the second wall face each other. The plurality of laser sensors emit signals within the baggage container and detect reflected responses to generate the outputs. ...