US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Sept. 8 for "Method and device for the automated driving off of a vehicle at a signaling unit" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,856, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method and device for the automated driving off of a vehicle at a signaling unit" was invented by Philip Avdimetaj (Aschau, Germany) and Stefan Jerg (Kranzberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A description is given of a device for operating a driving function for the automated longitudinal guidance of a vehicle at a signaling unit. The device is configured to determine that the vehicle standing at the signaling unit is able to perform an automated driving-off maneuver. The device is further configured to ascertain gaze information in relation to th...