ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,860, issued on May 13, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Travel method of autonomous vehicle" was invented by Sang Gook Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method in which an autonomous vehicle generates a virtual lane on the basis of location parameters of road facilities, and travels along the generated virtual lane. A travel method of an autonomous vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention is a travel method by which the autonomous vehicle autonomously travels along a virtual lane, the travel method including: a step for transmitting a...