ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,265, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle, and vehicle" was invented by Daniel Munning (Braunschweig, Germany) and Michael Rohlfs (Rotgesbuttel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for operating a driver assistance system of a vehicle. The driver assistance system is designed to effect lateral guidance of the vehicle. For lateral guidance, the driver assistance system uses data which are provided to the driver assistance system by a vehicle-external memory apparatus. Support points are selected from th...