US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 10 for "Method to enhance lateral assist applications in the presence of road features" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,448, issued on June 10, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Method to enhance lateral assist applications in the presence of road features" was invented by Vivek Vijaya Kumar (Shelby Township, Mich.), Donald K. Grimm (Utica, Mich.) and Chuan Li (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for lateral assist includes receiving work-zone data. The work-zone data includes information about a location of a work zone and a geometry of the work zone. The method further includes determining a route of a vehicle using the work-zone data. Determining the route path of the vehicle includes selecting a lane s...