ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,415, issued on March 18, was assigned to dSPACE GMBH (Paderborn, Germany).

"Computer-implemented method and test unit for approximating a subset of test results" was invented by Sebastian Bannenberg (Paderborn, Germany), Fabian Lorenz (Paderborn, Germany) and Rainer Rasche (Paderborn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for approximating a subset of test results of a virtual test of a device for the at least partially autonomous guidance of a motor vehicle. The invention further relates to a test unit for approximating a subset of test results of a virtual test of a device fo...