US Patent Issued to Continental Autonomous Mobility US on Nov. 25 for "User-assisted drive-able area detection" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,452, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Continental Autonomous Mobility US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"User-assisted drive-able area detection" was invented by Nithin Joseph Pathalil (Lake Orion, Mich.), Nizar Ahamed (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Pedro A Patlan Rosales (Queretaro, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user assisted method and vehicle control system provides for identifying a drivable area for autonomous vehicle operation. The system provides for displaying an area including a potential drivable area on a display device disposed within a vehicle, a means for identifying a drivable area by a vehicle operator and for ...