ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,064, issued on March 18, was assigned to Daimler Truck AG (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany).

"Method for object tracking at least one object, control device for carrying out a method of this kind, object tracking device having a control device of this kind and motor vehicle having an object tracking device of this kind" was invented by Fridtjof Stein (Ostfildern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for tracking an object. A first coordinated control of a lighting device and an optical sensor is assigned to a first visible distance range. A first recording of the first visible distance range while illuminated by the ligh...