ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,388, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Path prediction based on intersection information from map messages" was invented by Dhyana Ramamurthy (Novi, Mich.), Aaron Weinfield (Encinitas, Calif.), Brian Gallagher (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Susan Graham (Solana Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A path prediction system includes a transceiver, a memory and a control module. The transceiver is configured to receive a map message at a host vehicle, the map message comprising path information of vehicles through an intersection. The memory is configured to store map data including global navigation satel...