ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,282, issued on June 9, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Interactive system to enable vehicle evaluation and sale" was invented by Donald K. Grimm (Utica, Mich.), Manoj Kumar Sharma (Troy, Mich.), Akilesh Rajavenkatanarayanan (Macomb, Mich.) and Maureen Elizabeth August (Gross Pointe Woods, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system enabling vehicle evaluation for sale, lease and rent includes at least one sensor identifying a user approach to a vehicle. A vehicle window display is activated to present features of the vehicle for viewing by the user. A user gesture recognition system receives a request...