ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,162, issued on June 16, was assigned to Pro-Vision Spartan Radar LLC (Byron Center, Mich.).

"Methods and systems for determining the available storage capacity of an enclosed space" was invented by Scott Bergen (New Canaan, Conn.), Tyler Rather (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Robert Wedeen (Torrance, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to system and methods for determining the available storage capacity of an enclosed space using visible or near-visible light. A system may utilize one or more light sources and one or more light sensors to sense objects that occupy a physical space. The light sou...