ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,290, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"System and method for autonomous vehicular development and operation" was invented by Saleh Mohammed Alhijji (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Talal Sultan Alowaid (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for developing and using an autonomous vehicle driving model includes using a small-scale remote-controlled (RC) vehicle for training an autonomous vehicle driving model to operate a vehicle on the road. The RC vehicle may be equipped with a camera on a gimbal, that can be turned based on the head movements of a driver oper...