ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,204, issued on March 17, was assigned to SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Method and apparatus for automatically marking u-turn lane line, computer-readable storage medium, and map" was invented by Dawei Liu (Beijing) and Feng Shi (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for automatically marking a U-turn lane line includes: obtaining information about an intersection entry point, information about an intersection exit point, and information about an obstacle at a to-be-marked intersection; and marking a U-turn lane line with a first depth. The first depth is determined based on ...