US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on Aug. 5 for "Vehicle, apparatus, and method for sensor-based configuration of an approach detection for the vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,814, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Vehicle, apparatus, and method for sensor-based configuration of an approach detection for the vehicle" was invented by Christopher Reichel (Benningen am Neckar, Germany) and Christoph Schenk (Tiefenbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for sensor-based configuration of an approach detection for a vehicle. The apparatus includes a mechanism which is configured so as to determine a particular region to be monitored with the approach detection outside the vehicle as a function of at least one sensor signal of at least one sensor...