ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,925, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Driving assistance system and driving assistance method for a vehicle including a plausibility check by a control unit on information from another control unit" was invented by Tobias Bergweiler (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance system for a vehicle includes a first control unit and a second control unit, the second control unit configured to receive instructions from the first control unit to carry out an action, and at least one first sensor unit assigned to the first control unit. The second control unit is configured to carry ou...