US Patent Issued to MITAC DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY on Oct. 20 for "Forward collision warning method, and computer system for forward collision warning" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,514, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to MITAC DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Forward collision warning method, and computer system for forward collision warning" was invented by Hsiang-Yu Hsieh (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forward collision warning method is provided for use by a vehicle. A current front-view image and a current in-cabin image are used to identify a current road surface condition and to estimate an age of a driver of the vehicle. The identified current road surface condition and the estimated age are used to estimate a friction coefficient and a reaction time of the driver...