US Patent Issued to FCA US on July 28 for "Detecting wireless devices in or on a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,094, issued on July 28, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Detecting wireless devices in or on a vehicle" was invented by Erik DeVito (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Dhruy Acharya (Shelby Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least some implementations, a method of detecting a wireless device in or on a vehicle, includes detecting a wireless signal that includes identification information, comparing the identification information with a registry of authorized devices to determine if the identification information corresponds to one of the authorized devices, and providing an output when the identification inform...