ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,856, issued on April 7, was assigned to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC (San Francisco).

"Asset evaluation system for autonomous vehicle simulations" was invented by Jacqueline Chu (Danville, Calif.), Richard Stenson (Miami) and Benjamin Goldstein (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for a quick evaluation system for three-dimensional (3D) assets used in simulations for an autonomous vehicle (AV). A disclosed method comprises receiving drive data recorded in a physical environment by a vehicle having a first sensor; simulating the first sensor associated with a virtual auton...