US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Oct. 7 for "Control of at least one safety function of a motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,718, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Control of at least one safety function of a motor vehicle" was invented by Luca Parolini (Landshut, Germany) and Sebastian Schneider (Feldkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling at least one safety function of a motor vehicle is configured to determine a current driving situation of the motor vehicle, to determine a safety level required in the current driving situation of the motor vehicle, and to control the at least one safety function according to the required safety level."

The patent was filed on Nov. 22, 2021, un...