US Patent Issued to Aptiv Technologies on July 14 for "System and method of data collection at a vehicle for street monitoring, and vehicle incorporating same" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,660, issued on July 14, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"System and method of data collection at a vehicle for street monitoring, and vehicle incorporating same" was invented by Kirsty Aquilina (Wuppertal, Germany) and Michele Giorelli (Dusseldorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes at least one sensor, a classifier, and a controller. The at least one sensor is for capturing data of external environmental conditions. The classifier is for classifying between a first mode relating to one or more driving assistance functions and a second mode relating to at least one street cond...