US Patent Issued to VOLKSWAGEN on March 24 for "Method and device for camera-based determination of a distance of a moving object in the surroundings of a motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,384, issued on March 24, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Method and device for camera-based determination of a distance of a moving object in the surroundings of a motor vehicle" was invented by Julian Verkin (Hennigsdorf, Germany) and Robert Dreyer (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for camera-based determination of distance of a moving object in the surroundings of a vehicle, wherein surroundings images of the surroundings are captured using a camera, wherein the moving object and at least one stationary object are identified in the surroundings images and a stationary object is selec...