ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,603, issued on July 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Method to detect camera position change on moving vehicle parts" was invented by Guangyu Zou (Warren, Mich.), Ismail Hamieh (Dearborn, Mich.), Mohsen Khalili (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Xiaoyang Liu (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting sensor position change (DCPC) on movable vehicle components includes two or more sensors on at least one of the movable vehicle components. The sensors detect optical information within a distinct field of view (FOV) about an environment surrounding the vehicle. The distinct F...