ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,794, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Self-centering camera mount for benchmarking lane centering assist system" was invented by John Hoo (VanBuren Township, Mich.), Evan Millison (VanBuren Township, Mich.), Yueh-Lin Tsai (VanBuren Township, Mich.), Henry Beckstein (VanBuren Township, Mich.), Leo Lavigne (VanBuren Township, Mich.), Rohan Sequeira (VanBuren Township, Mich.) and Joseph Zeolla (VanBuren Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject technology relate to a self-centering camera mount. The self-centering camera mount includes a camera mounting plate, first and second deflector...