US Patent Issued to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP on Jan. 27 for "Method for actuating an access system of a motor vehicle, apparatus for performing the method, and motor vehicle having such an apparatus" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,046, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for actuating an access system of a motor vehicle, apparatus for performing the method, and motor vehicle having such an apparatus" was invented by Ozgur Mutlu (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for actuating an access system of a motor vehicle involves a camera arrangement detecting at least one foot of a person. An orientation of the foot is determined and based on the determined orientation, a line of sight of the person is then determined. When the line of sight is directed towards at least one tailgate and/or doo...