US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on Aug. 19 for "Managing conflicting interactions between a movable device and potential obstacles" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,194, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) (Stockholm).

"Managing conflicting interactions between a movable device and potential obstacles" was invented by Jean Paulo Martins (Indaiatuba, Brazil), Alberto Hata (Campinas SP, Brazil) and Klaus Raizer (Indaiatuba, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a method of determining a risk of conflict between a movable device and potential obstacles is provided. The method includes dividing a space into a plurality of positions. At each of a plurality of successive times, the method further includes: determining a conflict function for the mov...