ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,384, issued on July 21, was assigned to DAIMLER TRUCK AG (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany).
"Vehicle and method for the operation thereof" was invented by Fridtjof Stein (Ostfildern, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surroundings in front of a vehicle are detected and the vehicle speed is reduced when the surroundings are partially shaded so the vehicle can be brought to a safe stop, without emergency braking, in front of an object located in the region of the shadowing in the lane in which the vehicle is travelling. In the event of a static detection of a reduced detection horizon less than a braking distance dependent on a cu...