ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,449, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Method and control unit for handling safe stop mode of a vehicle" was invented by Jonas Hagerskans (Landvetter, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method performed by a control unit for handling safe stop mode of a vehicle. The control unit obtains an activation request for activating the safe stop mode. When the activation request has been obtained, the control unit verifies that all safety conditions of the vehicle are fulfilled. The control unit activates the safe stop mode when the activation request has been obtained and when all sa...