US Patent Issued to Magna Electronics on July 14 for "Vehicular route planning system that factors in range variations and driver preference" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,821, issued on July 14, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular route planning system that factors in range variations and driver preference" was invented by Alan M. Cordeiro (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular navigation system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) having electronic circuitry and associated software. The ECU is operable to determine routes for a vehicle equipped with the vehicular navigation system based at least in part on map data. The ECU, to route the vehicle from a starting location to an ending location, determines one or more candidate route...