ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,472, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Arity International Ltd. (Ireland).
"Vehicle turn detection" was invented by Varun Nagpal (Chicago), Yasir Mukhtar (Des Plaines, Ill.), Jared S. Snyder (Chicago) and Connor Walsh (Lake Forest, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turn detection system is configured to determine headings or a course of a vehicle over a period of time and evaluate whether the vehicle has registered a turn based on these headings/course. In some arrangements, upon detecting a turn, sensor data may be collected to determine one or more characteristics or attributes of the turn. Such data may indicate a loss event...