ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,038, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Siemens Mobility GmbH (Munich).
"Assistance system for a road vehicle" was invented by Helge Molthan (Bad Feilnbach, Germany) and Claus Seisenberger (Neufrannhofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assistance system for a road vehicle which can be used on a roadway having one or more lanes, includes a position determination system for determining a lateral relative position of the road vehicle on the roadway. The position determination system has an electrical signal line disposed parallel to the roadway, a signal generator for generating and feeding an electrical signal into the signa...