US Patent Issued to TomTom International on Sept. 30 for "Method of controlling vehicle functions, vehicle processing system, vehicle, and machine-readable instruction code" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,006, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TomTom International B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Method of controlling vehicle functions, vehicle processing system, vehicle, and machine-readable instruction code" was invented by Ahmad Adee (Amsterdam) and Vishwanath Nagnath Pai (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To control vehicle functions of a vehicle, at least one processing circuit performs a fusion of vehicle sensor data and map data. To ensure a Safety of the Intended Functionality, the at least one processing circuit performs a situation analysis to detect a situation that has a potential to impact safety of the vehicle. The at least ...