ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,206, issued on July 15, was assigned to Motional AD LLC (Boston).

"Calibration courses and targets" was invented by Aaron Low Weng Soon (Singapore), Marius Lukas Bruhlmeier (Singapore) and Huy Dinh Nguyen (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems and methods related to calibration courses and calibration targets, which can be configured for calibrating sensors used in vehicles, such as vehicles that include autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle systems, or other mobile robots. As an example, a system can include a drivable path comprising a plurality of turns, a plurality of calibration targets proximate to the d...