US Patent Issued to Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren on July 8 for "Camera based speed limit assist" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,474, issued on July 8, was assigned to Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren GmbH (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

"Camera based speed limit assist" was invented by Thomas Heitzmann (San Mateo, Calif.), Alexandre Garnault (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany) and Skander Hannachi (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a driver assistance system for a vehicle includes capturing a video feed of an external environment of the vehicle and transmitting the video feed to an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) of the vehicle. Subsequently, a designated speed limit for the vehicle at a current location of the vehicle i...