ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,703, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD (San Diego).

"Sensor-based event trigger for storing surround-view video" was invented by James Oh (Irvine, Calif.) and Jong Seog Lee (Chula Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surround-view monitoring of a trailer, including: monitoring a birds-eye view of an image of the trailer rendered in real-time to visually aid a driver of the trailer during driving and parking; determining whether at least one event has been detected by at least one sensor; storing at least one surround-view video file in a storage device when it is determined that the at least one event has bee...