US Patent Issued to Genesee Valley Innovations on Aug. 25 for "System and method for forward path planning of cab-trailer systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,326, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Genesee Valley Innovations LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"System and method for forward path planning of cab-trailer systems" was invented by Robert R. Price (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Kent Evans (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for forward path planning of cab trailer systems is provided. Movement of a robot moving forward is tracked and a trajectory of at least one trailer attached to a back of the robot is estimated separate from a path of the robot. The trajectory of the trailer is based on the movement of the robot. A test for collision of one of the trailers...