ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,844, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TUSIMPLE INC. (San Diego).

"System and method for predicting non-operational design domain (ODD) scenarios" was invented by Rinku Kumar Patel (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Joyce Tam (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for predicting non-operational design domain (ODD) scenarios are disclosed. In one aspect, a server includes a network communication device configured to communicate with an autonomous vehicle over a network, a memory, and a processor configured to receive information related to the navigation of the autonomous vehicle from a plurality of data sources...