ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,929, issued on May 27, was assigned to Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Lane-related visual assistance function in a head-up display for a motor vehicle" was invented by Alexander Kunze (Berlin), Adrian Haar (Hannover, Germany), Michael Wittkamper (Braunschweig, Germany), Johanna Sandbrink (Braunschweig, Germany) and Vitalij Sadovitch (Braunschweig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-up display and methods for providing a lane-related visual assistance function with a head-up display for a motor vehicle. Information is obtained regarding a driving lane currently travelled on by a motor vehicle. A characteristic value i...