ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,515, issued on July 15, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for processing data in connection with a vehicle, decoding method, coding and decoding method, system, computer program, and computer program product" was invented by Alexander Augst (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to processing data in connection with a vehicle. The processing includes determining change data characterizing a change in one or more variables in the vehicle. The processing further includes determining a spectral distribution, in particular a spectral distribution function, on the basis of the sensed or ac...