ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,396, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method for determining an ability to react" was invented by Rihab Laarousi (Gartringen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining the ability of a vehicle user to react in the automated driving mode of a vehicle uses detected image data of a driver monitoring camera. Using digital map data present in the vehicle and/or sensor data detected by the vehicle, it is determined whether at least one specified relevant object in a momentary vehicle environment is located in the field of vision of the vehicle user. For at least one dete...