ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,965, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Method for stopping an autonomous vehicle" was invented by Oskar Noresson (Molndal, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for stopping an autonomous vehicle at a stopping location defined by a protrusion or a recess formed with respect to a ground surface on which the vehicle is travelling is provided. The method includes detecting that at least a portion of the vehicle is located above the protrusion or recess, in response to said detection, initiating a stop of the vehicle. Detecting that at least a portion of ...