ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,831, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and device for updating a map" was invented by Carsten Hasberg (Ilsfeld-Auenstein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for updating a map. The method includes a step of receiving environment data values, the environment data values representing an environment in a predefined region, and the environment data values being acquired and transmitted by a plurality of vehicles driving through this region; a step of carrying out a comparison of the environment data values to map data values, the map data values representing the map, ...