ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,606, issued on April 14.
"Apparatus and method for automatically lifting / lowering a vehicle" was invented by Hongbin Wen (Mississauga, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot tool for automatically lifting/lowering a vehicle, including a control system, an image system, a plurality of jacks and a driving device. The image system has aiming devices and can capture images above the jacks. The control system can exchange data with the outside world and store data which includes commands, setup information, characteristic parameters and images of vehicles. The control system can obtain positioning images from image system contai...