ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,315, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Method for evaluating movements of a vehicle, method for operating a vehicle-guidance system, electronic vehicle-guidance system, and a vehicle having an electronic vehicle-guidance system" was invented by Philipp Huger (Ruhen, Germany), Markus Radimirsch (Uetze, Germany) and Christian Jordens (Braunschweig, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for evaluating movements of a vehicle, comprising: moving the vehicle along a trajectory in a maneuvering operation, wherein the trajectory is traveled by manual actuation of a steer...