ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,065, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method and device for operating a motorcycle" was invented by Almut Hack (Stuttgart, Germany) and Udo Schulz (Vaihingen/Enz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a motorcycle. In the method, an environment of the motorcycle is acquired and free spaces in the environment that are usable by the motorcycle are detected, and a change in the free spaces and a trajectory of the motorcycle are predicted and evaluated for conflicts, and in a conflict case, a conflict-free alternative trajectory is ascertained for the motorcycle and commu...