ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,326, issued on March 4, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method and device for operating a windshield display system with a covered display detection, and windshield display system" was invented by Tomas Hejda (Neufahrn, Germany), Sadzida Kratz (Munich) and Christopher Roelle (Groebenzell, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reflection display system for displaying a display image for a vehicle occupant of a motor vehicle by reflecting the display image on a windshield is provided. The system includes a display unit which is designed to display the display image on a display surface, a detection sensor syst...