ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,383, issued on March 18, was assigned to ZHEJIANG HUARAY TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Systems and methods for route planning on topographical map using vehicle motion" was invented by Yuanqiang Yuan (Hangzhou, China), Wei Lu (Hangzhou, China), Yidong Jin (Hangzhou, China), Jun Yin (Hangzhou, China) and Fangbo Mu (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure may provide a method for route planning. The method may include obtaining a start location and a destination of a target vehicle. The method may also include obtaining a map of a target region including the start location and the destination. T...