ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,731, issued on April 21, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and control device for recognizing an object in a surroundings of a vehicle" was invented by Andrea Kirsch (Stuttgart, Germany), Katharina Maria Nerz (Weil der Stadt, Germany), Kathrin Klee (Stuttgart, Germany), Timo Winterling (Stuttgart, Germany), Ulf Rueegg (Stuttgart, Germany), Wilhelm Christopher Von Rosenberg (Stuttgart, Germany) and Stefan Lang (Benningen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method recognizes an object in a surroundings of a vehicle. The vehicle has an ultrasonic sensor for monitoring the surroundings of the vehicle ...