ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,104, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and device for operating automated longitudinal control" was invented by Yixuan Voigt (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a driver assistance system for automated longitudinal control of a motor vehicle in a current lane. The method includes: performing automated longitudinal control at a relative maximum speed taking into account a traffic situation in the current lane of the motor vehicle; evaluating a traffic situation in an adjacent lane to the motor vehicle; ascertaining a risk situation for the motor veh...