US Patent Issued to VOLKSWAGEN on Nov. 18 for "Method for automatically carrying out safety measures when a vehicle drives on a shoulder, electronic vehicle guidance system, and vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,898, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Method for automatically carrying out safety measures when a vehicle drives on a shoulder, electronic vehicle guidance system, and vehicle" was invented by Frank Barecke (Wolfsburg, Germany), Steve Simon (Wolfsburg, Germany) and Thomas Kolms (Wasbuttel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for automatically carrying out safety measures when a vehicle drives on a shoulder differing from a roadway, comprising the following: detecting the shoulder which differs from the roadway and laterally adjoins the roadway by means of a...