US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Sept. 29 for "Method and system for avoiding wildlife accidents" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,321, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method and system for avoiding wildlife accidents" was invented by Joe Lallemand (Puchheim, Germany) and Michel Lanz (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for determining a likelihood of occurrence of wildlife in a predetermined region in a main direction of travel of an automated motor vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving image data from a camera installed in and/or on the motor vehicle, and determining the likelihood of occurrence based on the received image data. The likelihood of occurrence based on the re...