US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on July 14 for "Torques for application of automated steering of vehicles" (German, Swedish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,447, issued on July 14, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Torques for application of automated steering of vehicles" was invented by Benjamin Gaudszun (Bibertal OT Schneckenhofen, Germany), Sibylle Tanja Reber (Grobenzell, Germany), Jan Veen (Hallbergmoos, Germany), Yavor Nikolaev Trasiev (Molndal, Sweden) and Joao Paulo Jansch Porto (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some examples of the techniques described herein may include a feature where a torque of a steering wheel provides a seamless transition from automated driving to manual steering. For example, automated driving may remain active while the driver inte...