US Patent Issued to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren on June 16 for "Methods and systems for assisting driver during lane splitting" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,695, issued on June 16, was assigned to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH (Germany).

"Methods and systems for assisting driver during lane splitting" was invented by Damien Bouges (Troy, Mich.) and Thomas Heitzmann (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for enhancing safety during motorcycle lane-splitting or lane filtering by using a camera to capture images of adjacent vehicles and a processor to analyze these images to predict vehicle trajectories. The systems and methods disclosed predict future vehicle trajectories, calculates potential distances, and issues a warning if the anticipated separation between...