US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Nov. 18 for "Vehicle control system and method for operating a driving function at a traffic node" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,945, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Vehicle control system and method for operating a driving function at a traffic node" was invented by Wolfgang Hempel (Sinzing, Germany) and Martin Liebner (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control system for operating a driving function for the automated longitudinal and/or lateral control of a motor vehicle at a traffic node. The system includes sensors that provide situational data, and a control unit. The control unit identifies a lane in which the vehicle is located, in an approach road to the node, based on the situational data. The co...