ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,218, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to VIGILANT SOLUTIONS LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Device, method and system for assisted aiming of roadside cameras" was invented by Pietro Russo (Melrose, Mass.), Phong Quang Dinh (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam) and Phong Truong Hoai (Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile device receives: images acquired by a camera, that depict a road that includes two road markers; and indicators of a marker width, a camera distance from the road, and a camera height. The mobile device provides, at a display screen: an image acquired by the camera; and two virtual road markers at fixed positions o...