ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,704, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method for automatically actuating a direction indicator and vehicle" was invented by Michael Engel (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direction indicator of an ego vehicle is automatically actuated depending on information sensor data and a comparison the ego vehicle's location with a digital road map. When the ego vehicle is located on a priority path, sensor data is checked to establish whether, in the event of a priority road that turns, a third-party vehicle can be detected in a street leading into the crossroads from the left...