ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,814, issued on June 23.

"Method for monitoring a driving maneuver, test device, computer program and medium" was invented by Elena Lazaridis (Cologne, Germany) and Paul Jamnicki (Bonn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for monitoring a driving maneuver of a motor vehicle from a motor vehicle start position to a motor vehicle end position, comprising the steps of: a) providing the motor vehicle; b) providing a drone comprising a camera and a laser and/or the projector; c) raising the drone; f) projecting a marker onto the motor vehicle and/or onto the surroundings of the motor vehicle during the ...