ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,584, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).

"Method for simulating the effects of the optical quality of windshield" was invented by Jean-Baptiste Laudereau (Paris), Mathieu Berard (Paris), Tatiana Severin-Fabiani (Cachan, France) and Nicolas Mielec (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for simulating the effects of the optical quality of windshield onto the image recording quality of a digital image recording device, in particular a digital image recording device for an advanced or automated driver-assistance system. The method is based on a combination of an adapted stochastic ra...