ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,166, issued on April 21, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular vision system with determination of right-of-way at intersection" was invented by Harold E. Joseph (Brampton, Canada), Muhammad Mohteshim Khan (Brampton, Canada) and Alexander Velichko (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular vision system includes a camera module mounted at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle and an electronic control unit (ECU) comprising electronic circuitry and associated software. The ECU, responsive to processing of location data captured by a global positioning system, determines a current ge...