ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,472, issued on July 8, was assigned to Platform Science Inc. (San Diego).
"Micro-navigation for a vehicle" was invented by John C. Kennedy (San Diego), Don Son (San Diego), Scott Kopchinsky (San Diego) and Darrin Demchuk (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for micro-navigation of a mobile object (1000) is disclosed herein. Micro-navigation provides guidance to destinations that are not normally found on maps or in navigation systems. In one micro-navigation method, data is collected (1501) related to route transit to specific end points that are not typically mapped. The end points are identified (1502) by re...