US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Nov. 18 for "Device and method for determining a lane change recommendation for a vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,953, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Device and method for determining a lane change recommendation for a vehicle" was invented by Manuel Schiller (Eichstaett, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method for determining a lane change recommendation for a vehicle are provided. A processing unit determines a lane change recommendation from a first lane to a second lane if the processing unit has determined that the length of a preceding vehicle turning from the first lane into a third lane is longer than the relevant distance between a crossing area and the first lane running i...