ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,885, issued on July 7, was assigned to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

"Method for operating a contactless detection device for monitoring at least one monitoring region, detection device, and vehicle having at least one detection device" was invented by Alexander Vanaev (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a contactlessly operating detection device for monitoring at least one monitoring area is described. In the method, transmission signals are successively sent into at least one monitoring area. Transmitted signals which are reflected in the monitoring...