ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,065, issued on March 3, was assigned to McLaren Automotive Ltd. (Woking, Great Britain).

"Driver vehicle control assistance" was invented by Stefano De Pinto (Barcelona, Spain) and Aldo Sorniotti (Turin, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assisting a driver in controlling a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a road wheel and at least one vehicle sensor configured to provide vehicle condition data, the road wheel comprising a tyre sensor configured to output tyre operation data, the method comprising: receiving tyre operation data from the tyre sensor during the vehicle being controlled along at least one lap of a track; r...