ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,006, issued on July 7, was assigned to SK Planet Co. Ltd. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for monitoring illegally parked/stopped vehicles" was invented by Myung Jin Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Yeong Hyeon Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for monitoring illegally parked/stopped vehicles using a movable camera device or a fixed camera device are provided. In an example of the monitoring method, the monitoring apparatus receives location information of a plurality of parking/stopping monitoring areas and generates a patrol route for a movable camera device to col...