ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,013, issued on March 25, was assigned to PSA AUTOMOBILES SA (Poissy, France).
"Method and device for partitioning a widened area of a traffic lane bounded by two edges" was invented by Matthieu Varnier (La Verriere, France), David Giraud (Chatenay Malabry, France) and Zoubida Lahlou (Lissasfa Casablanca, Morocco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device are disclosed for partitioning a widened area of a limited traffic lane bounded by two edges, and through which a vehicle can be driven by a driver in an automated manner along a reference path, said vehicle comprising a lateral positioning aid with respect to the referenc...