US Patent Issued to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren on Sept. 30 for "Systems and methods for detecting available parking spots with optional pull-through parking spots" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,973, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH (Germany).

"Systems and methods for detecting available parking spots with optional pull-through parking spots" was invented by Daniel Bartram Scott (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, the device may include receiving, via one or more image sensors, one or more images of a parking area. In addition, the device may include determining, based on the one or more images, a first available parking spot. The device may include determining a second available parking spot adjacent to the first available parking spot, where the second a...