ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,960, issued on April 7, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Navigational constraint control system" was invented by Qizhan Tam (San Jose, Calif.) and Christopher Ostafew (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a vehicle engine, a steering control unit, an on-board sensor network and a navigational constraint control system. The vehicle engine generates a torque output of the vehicle. The steering control unit controls a steering angle of the vehicle. The on-board sensor network is programmed to detect external objects within a detection zone. The navigational constraint contr...