ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,425, issued on May 5, was assigned to AUMOVIO Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Method for operating an assistance system, and assistance system" was invented by Frank Edling (Schwalbach, Germany), Sebastien Reisinger (Hamm am Rhein, Germany) and Henrik Matschat (Frankfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for operating an assistance system for a vehicle, including a control device for controlling the assistance system, multiple sensors for capturing the environment, a first sensor set which includes at least one sensor of the sensors for capturing the environment, and a se...