ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,762, issued on March 25.
"Application software for overhead obstacle detection and avoidance system for vehicles" was invented by Francis C Nugent (Irvington, N.Y.) and Brian Nugent (Irvington, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may determine a geographical location and direction of a vehicle traveling on a highway, street or road, the vehicle having a known height. A device may determine the presence of a nearby overhead hazard toward which the vehicle is traveling. A device may retrieve from a database a height of the nearby overhead hazard. A device may compare height of the nearby overhead hazard to the known height of...