ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,979, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Tencent Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Method, apparatus, storage medium, and device for planning vehicle trajectory" was invented by Changxi You (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle trajectory is planned. An initial reference trajectory of a target vehicle within a target planning duration is acquired. The initial reference trajectory includes an initial state variable and an initial control variable of the target vehicle at at least one position point. A reference lane trajectory is acquired. A trajectory cost of the target vehicle is determined according to a ge...