ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,186, issued on April 21, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle, comprising driver moderation for partially-automated functions, driver assistance system, and vehicle" was invented by Jan-Mark Kunberger (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle. A plurality of partially automated functions are performed using the driver assistance system during operation of the vehicle. In the partially automated functions, longitudinal guidance and/or transverse guidance of the vehicle are ...