US Patent Issued to Atieva on Jan. 13 for "Controlling vehicle using static objects and vehicle curvature" (Michigan, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,240, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Atieva Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Controlling vehicle using static objects and vehicle curvature" was invented by Tony X. Zhou (Westland, Mich.), Fei Zhu (Pleasanton, Calif.), Renyuan Zhang (Fremont, Calif.), Qiang Lu (Foster City, Calif.), Mohannad Murad (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Jinwoo Lee (Hayward, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) controls a vehicle using two or more of: static objects, a vehicle heading angle, or a vehicle curvature at least when a satellite navigation signal is weak or lost. Distances from the vehicle to the static objects are m...