ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,484, issued on March 24, was assigned to JITSIK LLC (Wynnewood, Pa.).

"Driving simulator with manual and semi-autonomous modes to acclimate people to automated vehicular features" was invented by Jonathan Mimoun Loeb (Wynnewood, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing a real-time, augmented reality (mixed reality) simulation of an experience operating a semi-autonomous (e.g., SAE levels 2 to 5) vehicle are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a user is presented with a simulated environment that allows the user to blend the immediate surroundings with interactive visual data representing various automa...