ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,983, issued on May 27, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany).
"Method for switching between manual and autonomous drive, and vehicle" was invented by Felix Heinrich (Braunschweig, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for switching between autonomous drive and manual drive of a transportation vehicle, wherein the driver of the transportation vehicle is observed by at least one interior camera relative to a handover intention and/or takeover intention. In response to a handover intention being detected, the steering wheel is moved away from the driver and the drive is switched to autonomous drive. In response to a takeover...