ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,963, issued on Oct. 21.

"Controlling vehicles in response to outriggers" was invented by Ron Zass (Kiryat Tivon, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods and non-transitory computer readable media for controlling vehicles in response to outriggers are provided. In some examples, images captured using image sensors from an environment of a first vehicle may be obtained. The images may be analyzed to detect a second vehicle. The images may be analyzed to determine that the second vehicle is connected to an outrigger. The images may be analyzed to determine a state of the outrigger. The first vehicle may be caused to initi...