US Patent Issued to Vehicle Service Group on Feb. 18 for "Intelligent vehicle lift network with distributed sensors" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,400, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Vehicle Service Group LLC (Madison, Ind.).

"Intelligent vehicle lift network with distributed sensors" was invented by Steven H. Taylor (Hanover, Ind.), Robert William Elliott (Madison, Ind.) and Gerry Lauderbaugh (Madison, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automation system uses cameras (134) and sensors (136) to identify a set of vehicle wheels within a lift area (118), then virtualizes the position and orientation of the vehicle relative to the lift posts (122, 130). Lift arms (124, 132) extending from the lift posts are moved to a first position that places a profile camera near the pr...