U.S. Patent 10628906 was awarded to GENERAL MOTORS LLC on April 21, 2020 and is entitled “Embedding blockchain information in digital images.” The first named inventor is Christopher L. Zachary of Troy, MI. The abstract contains an overview of the patent disclosure:

A system and method for producing vision data that is embedded with a blockchain hash stored on a blockchain, the method including: detecting a vehicle event at a vehicle using vehicle electronics included in the vehicle; sending a vehicle event report message to a blockchain domain server in response to the detected vehicle event, the vehicle event report message including information pertaining to the detected vehicle event, and wherein the blockchain domain server is configured to record the detected vehicle event as a part of a blockchain based on the vehicle event report message; receiving a blockchain hash at the vehicle from the blockchain domain server; and embedding the blockchain hash within vision data at the vehicle using the vehicle electronics, wherein the vision data is captured by a vision sensor that is mounted on the vehicle and included as a part of the vehicle electronics. Link to Full Patent

This blockchain patent was originally filed on June 18, 2018  as U.S. Patent Application 16/011348 at the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office. The application was them awarded a patent grant and published as U.S. Patent 10628906. The primary examiner was Neil R McLean.

GENERAL MOTORS LLC, who is the original assignee of this patent, has at least 11238 total granted patents in the United States as of the date of this article. This blockchain patent has been cited 0 times by other U.S. patents according to our law firm research, and can be considered an innovative patent in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain.

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