ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,428, issued on Aug. 11.

"Rider identification systems and methods using motion sensing" was invented by David Michael Herman (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Alexander George Shanku (Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rider identification systems and methods using motion sensing are disclosed herein. An example method includes obtaining a location of a mobile device associated with an individual, obtaining sensor data from the mobile device that includes a first motion profile, the sensor data also including environment information around the location, generating a motion model for the individual using the environme...