ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,978, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to CreateAI Inc. (San Diego).
"System and method for path planning of autonomous vehicles based on gradient" was invented by Wutu Lin (San Diego) and Xiaodi Hou (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for path planning of autonomous vehicles based on gradient are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: executing a path planning module by use of a data processor; receiving, from a remote data source by use of the data processor, ancillary data to modify operation of the path planning module based on a context in which an autonomous vehicle is operating; generating, by use o...