ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,370, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for radar-based monitoring of a rearward area" was invented by Eugen Schubert (Benningen Am Neckar, Germany) and Martin Stolz (Leonberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for radar-based monitoring of a rearward area of a truck. The truck comprises a radar device and at least one semitrailer. The method comprises the steps of ascertaining various objects and their position using the radar device, determining an alignment of the trailer relative to the radar device, determining the objects that, based on their position, are concealed ...