ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,000, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ASPINITY INC. (Pittsburgh).

"Vehicle in-cabin audio detection of vandalism" was invented by Matthew Zeleznik (Pittsburgh), Madhumita Harish (Pittsburgh), Brandon David Rumberg (Pittsburgh) and Thomas Doyle (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments, a sound sensor is located in an automotive vehicle cabin. A processor coupled to the sound sensor is configured to receive an acoustic signal sensed by the sound sensor and automatically determine a vehicle event that occurred based on an analysis of the acoustic signal. The determined vehicle event may be, f...