US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on March 25 for "Method of determining a continuous driving path in the absence of a navigational route for autonomous vehicles" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,039, issued on March 25, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Method of determining a continuous driving path in the absence of a navigational route for autonomous vehicles" was invented by Ryan D. Martini (Wolverine Lake, Mich.), Constandi John Shami (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Benjamin L. Williams (Milford, Mich.), Crystal J. Nassouri (Waterford, Mich.), Nolan Foster (Berkley, Mich.) and Morgan Douglas Dykshorn (Oak Park, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for determining a continuous driving path for a vehicle include: (i) automatically controlling movement of the vehicle along a path whil...