US Patent Issued to FOUNDATION OF SOONGSIL UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION on Jan. 27 for "Method and apparatus for determining behavior based on deep reinforcement learning for autonomous vehicle merging strategy" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,084, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to FOUNDATION OF SOONGSIL UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for determining behavior based on deep reinforcement learning for autonomous vehicle merging strategy" was invented by Min Hae Kwon (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Hwi Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deep reinforcement learning-based vehicle action decision apparatus for merging strategy of an autonomous vehicle in an on-ramp merging zone is disclosed. The deep reinforcement learning-based vehicle action decision apparatus comprises an information observation unit for collect...