US Patent Issued to MAGNA ELECTRONICS on Feb. 4 for "Vehicular driving assist system with enhanced data processing" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,149, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular driving assist system with enhanced data processing" was invented by John Lu (Grand Blanc, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular driving assistance system includes an exterior viewing camera disposed at a vehicle and viewing exterior of the vehicle. Image data captured by the camera is provided to and processed at an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU performs processing tasks for multiple vehicle systems. The ECU prioritizes processing of a plurality of tasks including a higher priority task and a lower priority task. Respon...