ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,202, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ZENUITY AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Method and system for estimating a drivable surface" was invented by Erik Rosen (Alingsas, Sweden), Nicholas Wickstrom (Halmstad, Sweden), Peter Hall (Linkoping, Sweden), Mattias Brannstrom (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Ognjan Hedberg (Stenungsund, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a control device and method for estimating a drivable space in a surrounding environment of a vehicle. In particular, the disclosure relates to a "free space estimation" solution with reduced validation effort. The control device includes one or more ...