ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,170, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Innova Electronics Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"System and method for vehicle condition assessment using correlated three-dimensional geometric analysis and on-board diagnostic data" was invented by Phuong Pham (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Keith Andreasen (Garden Grove, Calif.), Thuan Cong Huynh (Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam), Thanh Vo (Gia Lai Province, Viet Nam) and Dung Nguyen (Quang Ngai Province, Viet Nam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for mobile-based vehicle inspection system operates in conjunction with a portable data device acquiring a continuous sequence of exterior images ...