ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,980, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ZF CV Systems Global GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).

"Method for determining object information relating to an object in a vehicle environment, control unit and vehicle" was invented by Thomas Dieckmann (Pattensen, Germany), Tobias Klinger (Springe, Germany) and Janik Ricke (Uetze, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for determining object information relating to an object in an environment of a vehicle having a camera. The method includes: capturing the environment with the camera from a first position; changing the position of the camera; capturing the environmen...