US Patent Issued on Dec. 16 for "Smart traffic control devices and beacons, methods of their operation, and use by vehicles of information provided by the devices and beacons" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,046, issued on Dec. 16.

"Smart traffic control devices and beacons, methods of their operation, and use by vehicles of information provided by the devices and beacons" was invented by Anatoly S. Weiser (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traffic control system implements methods for transmitting current states of a traffic control device (TCD). The traffic control system may also transmit anticipated state transition of the TCD. The traffic control systems may additionally transmit confidence level of the anticipated state change and its timing. The current state, the anticipated transition, and the confidence level are recei...