ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,743, issued on Aug. 26.
"Systems and methods for detecting/preventing vehicle parts theft" was invented by Vivekanandh Elangovan (Canton, Mich.), John Robert Van Wiemeersch (Novi, Mich.) and Pietro Buttolo (Dearborn Heights, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for implementing protections against catalytic converter theft. A vehicle may comprise Ultra-Wideband (UWB) anchors or sensors. The UWB sensors of a vehicle may be used to detect the relative distance and/or location of UWB-capable devices in close proximity to the vehicle. An assessment may be performed using the UWB anchors and/or other sensors to determi...