US Patent Issued to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE on Sept. 1 for "Navigation cost computation for lane changes before a critical intersection" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,659, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. (Los Altos, Calif.).

"Navigation cost computation for lane changes before a critical intersection" was invented by Daniele Molinari (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to select between tactical driving decisions of a controlled ego vehicle to reach a target destination is described. The method includes determining upcoming tactical driving decisions of the controlled ego vehicle to reach the target destination according to a mission plan. The method also includes ranking upcoming tactical driving maneuvers associated with each of the upcomi...