US Patent Issued to University of South Florida on April 14 for "System of and method for analyzing thoroughfare conditions via oil spot analysis" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,767, issued on April 14, was assigned to University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.).

"System of and method for analyzing thoroughfare conditions via oil spot analysis" was invented by Tristen Edward Mee (Brooksville, Fla.) and Austin Gray Mullins (Bradenton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein relates to a system of and method for analyzing a condition of a thoroughfare, via dark discoloration in a surface of the thoroughfare, such as an oil formation from oil droplets dislodged from the underside of a vehicle. The oil droplets may be dislodged from the underside of a vehicle due to the sudden downward vehicle motion...