ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,982, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Techniques for calculating surface breakpoints for secondary safety verifications in vehicle controls systems" was invented by Andrew D Johnson (Clawson, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A calibration technique for a multi-dimensional surface for functional safety verification of a control system of a vehicle involves accessing a memory configured to store operation data relative to the control system of the vehicle, the operation data representing a multi-dimensional surface comprising a plurality of data points, identifying a plurality of breakpoints for r...