ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,044, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to AMPERE S.A.S. (Boulogne Billancourt, France).

"Control system and method adjusted to perception" was invented by David Gonzalez Bautista (Saint Cyr l'ecole, France), Imane Mahtout (Guyancourt, France), Vicente Milanes (Guyancourt, France) and Francisco Martin Navas Matos (Vanves, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system controls a vehicle. The vehicle implements at least one control application using a variable measured by at least one sensor of a perception system installed in the vehicle. The control system includes an adaptive controller to dynamically activate one or more elementary c...