ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,725, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).
"System and method for multi-plane routing" was invented by Erik S. Freed (New Brighton, Minn.), Kyle K. Estes (Rosemount, Minn.) and Randy L. Milbert (Saint Paul, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented system and method distilling three-dimensional structure to a two-dimensional raster with multiple discrete planes for purposes of safe and accurate route planning including a map generator, pixel encoder, map transformer, and route generator. The map generator generates a raster map by populating a blank map canvas with raster and ve...