SKAIVISION wins U.S. patent for AI vehicle tracking in dealerships

SKAIVISION said Sept. 3 it received a U.S. patent for technology that uses dealership cameras and AI to track vehicles through service and sales workflows in real time. The company says the system can reduce manual logging and give dealers faster visibility into operations.

Why it matters: - Dealerships often lose time when staff cannot see exactly where a vehicle is in the process. - SKAIVISION’s patented approach is designed to turn existing cameras into a live workflow layer for service, intake, trade-ins and delivery. - The goal is faster decisions, less manual tracking and better operational visibility across single and multi-rooftop stores.

What happened: - SKAIVISION announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 12,718,563 on Sept. 3, 2026. - The patent is titled “METHODS FOR REAL-TIME VEHICLE TRACKING OF A VEHICLE IN AUTOMOTIVE DEALERSHIPS USING A CAMERA AI.” - The patent covers technology for monitoring dealership process efficiency using artificial intelligence and standard surveillance cameras. - The company is based in Raleigh, N.C.

The details: - The method identifies each vehicle from ordinary camera video. - The system follows the same vehicle as it moves from one camera view to another across dealership locations. - The technology detects activities being performed on the vehicle. - The system continuously estimates a “degree of completion” for a business operation tied to that vehicle. - The data can be delivered in real time through notifications or web hooks to other software systems. - SKAIVISION says the output can help dealerships evaluate vehicle intake, service, trade-in data and delivery without manual tracking or user task completion. - CTO/Co-Founder Jason Fayling said the patent protects a foundational part of the SKAIVISION vision and helps bridge what is physically happening in a dealership with what business systems understand. - Fayling said the technology can help turn existing cameras into active business tools and improve service operations, initiate MCPs or APIs, enhance vehicle acquisition and help dealerships respond faster. - SKAIVISION says conventional tracking tools depend on hardware tags or staff manually logging each step. - The company says its system derives the same operational intelligence directly from video already being captured. - SKAIVISION says the approach is being expanded across additional operations and locations.

Between the lines: - The patent positions computer vision as an alternative to both tag-based tracking and manual data entry. - If broadly adopted, the approach could reduce friction between dealership floor activity and back-office systems. - The strategy also suggests SKAIVISION is trying to move from point solution software toward a broader data and intelligence layer for automotive retail.

What's next: - SKAIVISION says it will continue expanding the approach across more dealership operations and locations. - The company also says the platform will keep integrating workflow automation, dealership systems and edge-based computer vision. - More information is available at the company’s website.

The bottom line: - SKAIVISION now has U.S. patent protection for a system that uses existing dealership cameras and AI to track vehicle workflows in real time.