ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,269, issued on May 27, was assigned to NIO TECHNOLOGY (ANHUI) Co. LTD (Hefei, China).

"Method and device for determining reliability of visual detection" was invented by Hang Zhou (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for determining reliability of visual detection, the method including: receiving a visually detected lane line parameter; comparing a historical lane line parameter with the received lane line parameter, to calculate a historical shrinkage degree of a lane line; and determining, based on the historical shrinkage degree, whether there is an error in the visual detection. The disclosu...