US Patent Issued to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge on May 6 for "Security system for an autonomous vehicle and method for its operation" (Hungarian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,145, issued on May 6, was assigned to KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Munich).

"Security system for an autonomous vehicle and method for its operation" was invented by Csaba Horvath (Budapest, Hungary) and Huba Nemeth (Budapest, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security system is provided for an autonomous vehicle driving on a road. The autonomous vehicle has a sensor unit for collecting sensor information, and a planning unit for generating planning data for the autonomous vehicle. The security system is characterized by a reception module, configured to receive the sensor information and the planning data; a d...