ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,922, issued on July 15, was assigned to Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Acton, Australia).

"Vehicle navigation" was invented by Thomas Hines (Victoria, Australia), Kazys Stepanas (Victoria, Australia), Fletcher Talbot (Victoria, Australia), Inkyu Sa (Victoria, Australia), Emili Hernandez (Victoria, Australia), Navinda Kottege (Victoria, Australia) and Jake Lewis (Victoria, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a system and method for use in navigating a vehicle within an environment, and in one particular example, to a system and method for navigation planning in an un...