ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,275, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to RENAULT S.A.S (Boulogne-Billancourt, France).

"Method for calibrating a camera and associated device" was invented by Jean-Luc Adam (Toulouse, France) and Soukaina Mabrouk (le chesnay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for calibrating a camera on board a motor vehicle using a reference sensor on board the vehicle includes: a) acquiring, using the reference sensor, actual positions of at least one object in the vehicle surroundings, b) taking, using the camera, a shot each time one of the actual positions is acquired by the reference sensor, c) determining the position of the image of...