ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,942, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Control apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium for controlling a moving body based on an estimated position" was invented by Keisuke Hokai (Gotemba, Japan) and Taichi Kawanai (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus according to the present disclosure is configured to execute the following first to five processes. The first process is a localization of a moving body. The second process is revising an estimated position obtained by the localization such that a displacement amount with respect...