ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,345, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Jingdong Kunpeng (Jiangsu) Technology Co. Ltd. (Changshu, China).

"Unmanned vehicle path optimization method and related device" was invented by Jie Zheng (Jiangsu, China) and Liangliang Zhang (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unmanned vehicle path optimization method and apparatus, a computer readable storage medium, and an electronic device, relating to the technical field of computers and communications. The method comprises: obtaining a generated initial path of an unmanned vehicle; obtaining an obstacle in the periphery of the initial path; if the unmanned vehicle interse...