ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,066, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Self-driving vehicle test method, apparatus, and system" was invented by Hao Wu (Shenzhen, China), Bende Yu (Hangzhou, China), Liangzhuang Zhang (Hangzhou, China) and Yi Jiang (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-driving vehicle test method, apparatus, and system are provided, and relate to the field of self-driving technologies. The system includes a software control module, a motion control module, and a plurality of motion platforms. The software control module may obtain information about a first test sce...