US Patent Issued to Continental Autonomous Mobility US on Nov. 25 for "Method for alerting a driver to objects left on a vehicle roof and alert system" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,362, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Continental Autonomous Mobility US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Method for alerting a driver to objects left on a vehicle roof and alert system" was invented by Joseph Burtch (Lake Orion, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for alerting a driver to objects left on a vehicle roof includes obtaining image data of an environment surrounding the vehicle. The image data includes a sequence of images captured by a camera. The method further includes detecting a person within the image data, and determining whether the person raised at least one arm above the vehicle roof, based on the image ...