ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,988, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage (La Verriere, France).
"Driving assistance system, and associated image processing method" was invented by Olivier Marroux (La Verriere, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance system including at least one optical sensor and at least one associated protection device with an optical element that is transparent and mounted so as to be able to rotate. The protection device includes at least one acquisition element for acquiring at least one item of information representative of at least one angular position of the optical element on capture of an image. ...