US Patent Issued to Intel on June 24 for "Road surface friction based predictive driving for computer assisted or autonomous driving vehicles" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,848, issued on June 24, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Road surface friction based predictive driving for computer assisted or autonomous driving vehicles" was invented by Yoshifumi Nishi (Beaverton, Ore.), David Pidwerbecki (Hillsboro, Ore.), David W. Browning (Portland, Ore.) and Mark MacDonald (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for computer assisted or autonomous driving (CA/AD). An apparatus for CA/AD may include a sensor interface, a communication interface, and a driving strategy unit. The sensor interface may receive sensor data indicative ...