ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,084, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Medina, Minn.).
"Autonomous ready vehicle" was invented by Amber P. Malone (Stacy, Minn.), David J. Koenig (Wyoming, Minn.), Kevin P. Blair (Roseau, Minn.), Patrick D. Weldon (Roseville, Minn.) and Cole A. Sytsma (Rochester, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for interfacing an autonomous or remote control drive-by-wire controller with a vehicle's control modules. Vehicle functions including steering, braking, starting, etc. are controllable by wire via a control network. A CAN architecture is used as an interface between the remote/autonomous cont...