ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,567, issued on June 10, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for determining the head-related transfer function" was invented by Rainer Moeller (Moetzingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-related transfer function is calculated using features of the person, detected via cameras. The features are detected temporally at least partially in succession by several cameras. At least one of the cameras is arranged so that it detects the person when approaching and opening the vehicle in the area external to the vehicle."

The patent was filed on May 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/873,781.

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