ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,226, issued on July 29.
"Vehicle control" was invented by Thomas Planson (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method of managing a fleet of autonomous vehicles is provided. The method comprises receiving at least one request for a passenger journey from a client device associated with a passenger and allocating an autonomous vehicle to the passenger from the fleet. Confirmation that the autonomous vehicle has reached the passenger is then received and one or more vehicle status signals are received from the autonomous vehicle. Subsequently, the autonomous vehicle is authorised to proceed with the passenger jo...