ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,532, issued on May 6, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Vehicle radar system and target detection" was invented by Won Wook So (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gilha Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Taegyu Ryu (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting a moving target through a vehicle radar system includes acquiring radar data from a radar sensor disposed with respect to a vehicle, and using the radar data to detect a plane of a structure. The method also includes setting a reference classification line based on the detected plane, and determining whether the moving...