ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,767, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Assisted vehicle load calibration" was invented by Tommy Rosgardt (Lindome, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method in a first vehicle for determining a load of the first vehicle includes obtaining, from one or more sensors arranged in or at the first vehicle, an internal value of the load and an associated accuracy of the load; obtaining, from an external source, an external value and an associated accuracy of the load; and determining, based on a comparison of the respective accuracies, the load to be the internal value, the external value or a ...