ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,739, issued on March 31, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for monitoring a lane change of a vehicle" was invented by Jacopo Ventura (Augsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring a lane change of a vehicle. The method includes: ascertaining a collision point on the basis of a movement specification, wherein the movement specification is specific for a planned movement of the vehicle along a path for carrying out the lane change; checking for a possible collision of the vehicle with a road user on the basis of the ascertained collision point and at least one state parameter of...