ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,982, issued on May 5, was assigned to HERE GLOBAL B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Error characterization for GNSS-based position estimates on constrained routes" was invented by Saara Kuismanen (Tampere, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more processors obtain GNSS receiver data captured during a time period by a GNSS receiver disposed onboard a constrained vehicle traversing a constrained route. The processor(s) determine a GNSS-based position estimate based on the GNSS receiver data. The position estimate indicates an estimated location of the GNSS receiver during at least a portion of the time period. The processor(s) de...