ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,612, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).
"Rain sensor system and vehicle" was invented by Donald Peyrot (Prague), Vit Kadubec (Prague), Juraj Fajta (Prague) and Michal Hejduk (Prague).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rain sensor system for measuring a quantity of rain on a window of a vehicle is provided. The rain sensor system comprises a camera device configured to capture images of an area surrounding the vehicle using camera optics; and a rain sensor including a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter being configured to emit or transmit light and the receiver ...