US Patent Issued to FERRARI on May 5 for "Motor vehicle and method to detect a parameter associated with a superficial condition of the road surface" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,408, issued on May 5, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).

"Motor vehicle and method to detect a parameter associated with a superficial condition of the road surface" was invented by Giovanni Sartoni (Modena, Italy), Matteo Montirosi (Modena, Italy) and Ugo Sitta (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle comprising a body defining a passenger compartment, a plurality of wheels; and a sensor designed to detect a parameter associated with a superficial condition of a road surface; the sensor comprises, in turn, an emitter configured to emit a first laser signal towards a road surface; and one or more singl...