US Patent Issued to VOLKSWAGEN AG GERMANY on Nov. 18 for "Method for the automated driving of a motor vehicle, and automated motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,986, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG GERMANY (Germany).

"Method for the automated driving of a motor vehicle, and automated motor vehicle" was invented by Timo Dobberphul (Braunschweig, Germany), Sarah Alexa Thissen (Braunschweig, Germany) and Jens Luddecke (Wendeburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the automated driving of a transportation vehicle, having at least one control device for calculating a trajectory, wherein control commands for actuators for setting longitudinal and lateral guidance of the transportation vehicle are calculated for the trajectory and are implemented by the actuators,...