ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,449, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

"Method for operating a driver assistance system, computer program product, driver assistance system, and vehicle" was invented by Ludovic Mosnier-Thoumas (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany), Markus Heimberger (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany), Niko Moritz Scholz (Kronach Neuses, Germany) and Jean-Francois Bariant (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for operating a driver assistance system (110). The method has the steps of: a) receiving (S1) a drive state sensor signal (SIG0(...