ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,105, issued on July 7.

"Systems and methods for enabling vehicle movement via an external interface" was invented by Pietro Buttolo (Dearborn Heights, Mich.), Scott Steadmon Thompson (Belleville, Mich.), David Hancock (South Rockwood, Mich.), John Eric Rollinger (Troy, Mich.), Joseph Dorigo (Plymouth, Mich.) and Matthew Ryan Preston (Whitmore Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a transceiver, a vehicle sensor unit and a processor is disclosed. The transceiver may be configured to receive interface information from an interface sensor unit associated with an external interface. The external interface may be c...