ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,992, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for proactively changing the configuration of a speed control system of a vehicle, computing device for a speed control system, computer-readable (storage) medium and a speed control system for a vehicle" was invented by Stefan Jerg (Kranzberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for changing a configuration of a speed control system of a vehicle based on detection of a driver behavior pattern. The method may include activating the speed control system, which controls a vehicle speed to a target speed; receiving traffic sign...