ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,846, issued on March 17, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Vehicle incremental movement system" was invented by Bang Kim Cao (Northville, Mich.), Zubair Feroz (Dearborn, Mich.), Thirumal Nagadi (Troy, Mich.) and Joseph Jay Torres (Dearborn, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to: receive at least one discrete input within a predetermined time period from a human-machine interface while the vehicle is at a standstill; and in response to the at least one discrete input, move the vehicle an incre...