ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,840, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method and motor vehicle" was invented by Ozgur Mutlu (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method involves monitoring an outer zone, which adjoins an inner zone directly surrounding the motor vehicle, by a monitoring device of the motor vehicle, such that a current position of the user relative to the motor vehicle is determined by the monitoring device if the monitoring shows the user is in the outer zone. A close proximity monitoring device of the motor vehicle scanning the inner zone is activated if the monitoring shows the user is ...