ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,839, issued on May 13, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit) and UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO.

"Learning-model predictive control with multi-step prediction for vehicle motion control" was invented by Amir Khajepour (Waterloo, Canada), Chao Yu (Waterloo, Canada), Yubiao Zhang (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Qingrong Zhao (Troy, Mich.) and SeyedAlireza Kasaiezadeh Mahabadi (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for learning-model predictive control (LMPC) with multi-step prediction for motion control of a vehicle includes sensors and actuators. One or more control modules each having a processor, a memory, a...