ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,012, issued on March 18, was assigned to Xiaomi EV Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Vehicle control method and vehicle, non-transitory storage medium and chip" was invented by Cheng Jin (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control method, vehicle and non-transitory computer readable storage medium that enables a current transmission ratio of a vehicle to be decreased prior to a driver turning a steering wheel so that a larger steering angle of a wheel can be obtained when the driver turns the steering wheel at a smaller angle in emergency driving situations."

The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2022, under Application No. ...