ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,493, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Concept for assisting a motor vehicle" was invented by Stefan Nordbruch (Leonberg, Germany), Anna Gaszczak (Fellbach, Germany) and Rolf Nicodemus (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for the infrastructure-based assistance of a motor vehicle driven in an at least semi-automated manner within a parking facility. The system includes: a parking facility management system configured to operate the parking facility including planning of a drive of the motor vehicle drive in an at least semi-automated manner within the parking...