ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,931, issued on April 7, was assigned to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).
"Smart curb sensor system" was invented by Besnik Jashari (Troy, Mich.), Ahmad Yame (Troy, Mich.) and Abbas Haidar (Troy, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor system for a vehicle low speed parking maneuver, which includes a first curb with a groove, and a plurality of proximity sensors contained within the groove, the plurality of sensors to detect a vehicle tire within a determined distance from the first curb during a vehicle parking maneuver, and the plurality of sensors wirelessly transmit detection data to a contro...