US Patent Issued to Volvo Autonomous Solutions on Nov. 3 for "Path following algorithm for reversing a heavy-duty vehicle" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,314, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Path following algorithm for reversing a heavy-duty vehicle" was invented by Bjorn Groth (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Josef Kindberg (Torslanda, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method controls a non-articulated heavy-duty vehicle during a reversal maneuver. The method includes obtaining a pose path indicative of a path to be followed by the vehicle and an orientation to be adhered to by the vehicle during the reversal maneuver, determining a virtual front wheel geometry of the vehicle by mirroring a steered front wheel ...