US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Oct. 14 for "Method and system for checking an automated driving function by reinforcement learning" (Italian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,341, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method and system for checking an automated driving function by reinforcement learning" was invented by Andrea Favrin (Loria, Italy) and Vladislav Nenchev (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for checking an automated driving function by reinforcement learning includes providing at least one specification of an automated driving function; generating a scenario, the scenario being specified by a first set of parameters; and determining a reward function such that the reward is greater in the event in which the scenario fails to meet the at least ...