US Patent Issued to Volvo Autonomous Solutions on May 26 for "Reducing wear on paths" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,104, issued on May 26, was assigned to Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Reducing wear on paths" was invented by Wilhelm Wiberg (Askim, Sweden), Oskar Ljungqvist (Satila, Sweden), Calle Skillsater (Torshalla, Sweden) and Johan Sjoberg (Vasteras, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system comprising a processor device configured to determine at least one travelling path for at least one vehicle is provided. The processor device is further configured to obtain an indication of wear of a drivable surface. The drivable surface comprising a set of surface areas. The indication of wear is indicative of a wear...