ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,876, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Method for planning a driving trajectory defining a travelling path for a vehicle" was invented by Wilhelm Wiberg (Askim, Sweden) and Oskar Ljungqvist (Satila, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for planning a driving trajectory defining a travelling path for a vehicle, wherein the driving trajectory is intended to be followed by executing one or more vehicle manoeuvres and wherein the vehicle comprises at least one environment perception sensor having a sensor field of view he method includes planning the driving trajectory from a ...