US Patent Issued on July 22 for "Method and device for assisting with the lateral positioning of a vehicle" (French, Moroccan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,336, issued on July 22.

"Method and device for assisting with the lateral positioning of a vehicle" was invented by Matthieu Varnier (La Verriere, France), David Giraud (Chatenay Malabry, France) and Zoubida Lahlou (Lissasfa Casablanca, Morocco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device are disclosed for assisting with the lateral positioning of a vehicle, said vehicle being able to be driven by a driver in an automated manner along a reference path in a traffic lane, said traffic lane being bounded by two edges. The method comprises steps of detecting an upcoming split in the traffic lane, determining a widened area in the...