ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,699, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Connaught Electronics Ltd. (Ireland).

"Generating top view of vehicle with image harmonization based on camera orientation" was invented by Mark Patrick Griffin (Troy, Mich.), David James Moylan (Troy, Mich.) and Satya Syamala Rao Giddi (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for generating a top view of an area surrounding the vehicle. Images are received from a plurality of vehicle cameras configured to view respective regions of ground outside of the vehicle. Portions of at least some of the regions overlap with portions of another of the regions, defining overlapping...