ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,684, issued on June 16, was assigned to ADVANCED SMART MOBILITY Co. LTD. (Tsukuba, Japan).

"Automated driving method performed by articulated vehicle" was invented by Fujio Momiyama (Tsukuba, Japan), Yusuke Kasai (Tsukuba, Japan), Fuminori Soma (Tsukuba, Japan), Yasuo Yoshinaga (Tsukuba, Japan), Yoshinori Hazaka (Tsukuba, Japan), Kunihiro Fuwa (Osaka, Japan), Yuuki Matsumoto (Osaka, Japan), Sou Kondo (Osaka, Japan), Kenji Watanabe (Tokyo), Yosuke Kashiwada (Tokyo) and Chiaki Takao (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an autonomous driving system that satisfies setting of a driving path shared in common by an articulated ...