ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,381, issued on July 14, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method and control unit" was invented by Jose Domingo Esparza Garcia (Stuttgart, Germany), Max Neuner (Boeblingen, Germany) and Peter Golya (Budapest, Hungary).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ascertaining which one of at least two traffic light systems located in the area in front of a motor vehicle is to be observed by this motor vehicle. The ascertainment is performed by evaluating the driving behavior of a vehicle traveling in front as a function of the current light status of the traffic light systems."
The patent was filed on Aug. 10, 20...