ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,811, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to FCA US LLC.
"Vehicle forward blind spot object detection system" was invented by Andrew D Johnson (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of detecting and providing notification of objects in or near a vehicle blind spot includes determining that an object is present in a predetermined area outside a vehicle, determining that the object is animate or that the object is inanimate, setting a closeness threshold based on whether the object is determined to be animate or inanimate, wherein the closeness threshold is different when the object is determined to be animate than when ...