US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Oct. 14 for "Display device for a driving system for automated driving for displaying the active automated driving mode" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,388, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Display device for a driving system for automated driving for displaying the active automated driving mode" was invented by Nora Broy (Munich), Julian Eichhorn (Menlo Park, Calif.), Sebastian Hergeth (Munich), Philipp Kerschbaum (Munich), Hermann Kuenzner (Freising, Germany) and Frederik Platten (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For automated driving, a driving system can be operated at least in a first automated driving mode with automated longitudinal and/or transverse guidance. A display device includes a driving mode display with a lighting unit. ...