ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,332, issued on March 3, was assigned to Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Method of collision point calculation and emergency brake assist deceleration based on the method of collision point calculation" was invented by Mihai Marius Ciuca (Ramnicu-Valcea, Romania), Paul Cristian Bucataru (Selimbar, Romania), Matthias Lorenzen (Ravensburg, Germany) and Andreas Kramer (Sigmaringen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of calculating a collision point between an ego vehicle and a target vehicle and to emergency-brake-assist deceleration using the calculation. The calculation defines areas of...