ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,162, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Niosense Inc. (Laval, Canada).

"System and method to improve interactive guidance of heavy vehicles in urban areas" was invented by Patrick Lauziere (Laval, Canada), David Preville (Repentigny, Canada) and Derreck Belair (Saint-Jerome, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are various embodiments of a vehicle guiding system and method. In some embodiments, the system comprises an AI-augmented vehicle-specific constraints database combining multiple data sources and used for generating optimized routes. The system may further include an intermediate layer of links or interface config...