ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,159, issued on July 14, was assigned to ClearMotion Inc. (Billerica, Mass.).
"Systems and methods for vehicle control using terrain-based localization" was invented by Marco Giovanardi (Melrose, Mass.), Stefan Schulze (Brookline, Mass.), John Parker Eisenmann (Burlington, Mass.) and William Graves (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods described herein include implementation of road surface-based localization techniques for advanced vehicle features and control methods including confidence-based consumption, air suspension control systems and methods, end of travel management, road profile creation tech...