US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Jan. 13 for "Method and apparatus for operating an automated driving function of a vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,252, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method and apparatus for operating an automated driving function of a vehicle" was invented by Sebastian Hergeth (Munich) and Frederik Platten (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control unit for controlling a driving function of a vehicle is designed to automatically guide the vehicle longitudinally and/or transversely. The control unit is designed to determine that the driver of the vehicle is presently activating or deactivating, and/or intends to activate or deactivate, the driving function. In response thereto, the control unit is additionally de...