ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,741, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Computer-implemented method for creating a three-dimensional virtual model of an environment of a motor vehicle" was invented by Stefan Roos (Kieselbronn, Germany), Robin Schwager (Leonberg, Germany), Tim Bruehl (Hoehr-Grenzhausen, Germany) and Lukas Ewecker (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method is provided for creating a three-dimensional virtual model of an environment (2) of a motor vehicle (1). The method includes capturing images of the environment (2); determining a plurality of regions (3; 4; 5;...