ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,967, issued on May 27, was assigned to FERRARI S.P.A. (Modena, Italy).
"Vehicle control method with road sign recognition" was invented by Giovanni Russo (Modena, Italy) and Andrea Secondi (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method to control a vehicle driving along a main road having a plurality of detours only arranged on one side of the main road. The control method exhibits the steps of: recognising a road surface marking present on a surface of the main road; recognising a road sign present beside the main road in order to determine possible speed limits set by the road sign; and establishing whether a speed ...