ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,094, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to AMPERE S.A.S. (Boulogne Billancourt, France).
"Method for avoiding obstacles" was invented by Geoffrey Bruno (Issy les Moulineaux, France), Anh-Lam Do (Antony, France) and Marouane Lehim (Chaville, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for object avoidance by a motor vehicle includes: detecting objects located in the surroundings of the motor vehicle; acquiring data characterizing the position and/or dynamics of each object, then, if several objects have been detected; verifying whether at least one criterion of proximity between at least two of the detected objects is met and, if so; ...