ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,106, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH (Munich).

"Method and apparatus for aggregating/representing an environment model for a driver assistance system of a vehicle" was invented by Andreas Nohl (Knittlingen, Germany) and Oliver Maier (Korntal Muenchingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of parametrizing an environment model (108) for a driver assistance system (106) of a vehicle (100) comprises steps of defining, determining and transforming. In the step of defining, a reference point (R) on a predicted trajectory (T) of the vehicle (100) is defined in relation to a detec...