ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,100, issued on May 27, was assigned to DASSAULT SYSTEMES AMERICAS CORP. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Assessing vehicle noise" was invented by Damiano Casalino (Malmsheim, Germany) and Wouter Van der Velden (Rotterdam, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments assess vehicle noise. One such embodiment defines a computer-based model of a vehicle and automatically determines aerodynamic performance and propulsion performance of the vehicle based on the defined computer-based model. Responsively, a flight-dynamics simulation of the vehicle is performed using the determined aerodynamic performance and propulsion performance. Performing...