ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,533, issued on June 10, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Scanning the surroundings of a vehicle" was invented by Philipp Hoffmann (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle moves in relation to the surroundings along a movement direction. The vehicle includes a first and a second camera. The first camera is arranged in front of the second camera along the movement direction. A method for scanning the surroundings from the vehicle includes scanning a first image by the first camera; scanning a second image by the second camera; and combining the first and the second image to form an overall image...