US Patent Issued to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP on May 20 for "Method for adapting a functionality of a vehicle that is automatically carried out by an assistance system, and a driver assistance system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,496, issued on May 20, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for adapting a functionality of a vehicle that is automatically carried out by an assistance system, and a driver assistance system" was invented by Steven Peters (Schwieberdingen, Germany), Dimitra Theofanou-Fuelbier (Esslingen, Germany), Jens Eisele (Stuttgart, Germany), Joana Hois (Boblingen, Germany) and Stefan Studer (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method adapts vehicle functionality that is automatically carried out by an assistance system. In a method in which misunderstandings between driver and vehicle are prevent...