ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,820, issued on Dec. 2.
"Systems and methods for detecting road obstructions" was invented by Jazael Garzon Aztatzi (Cuatitlan Izcalli, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle having a camera disposed at a vehicle front portion is disclosed. The camera may be configured to capture images of a geographical area that may be occluded from a driver field of view caused by presence of a vehicle vertical body-mounted pillar when the vehicle traverses a road curve. The vehicle may further include a processor configured to obtain a trigger signal and activate the camera responsive to obtaining the trigger signal. The processor may be f...