ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,682, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).
"Method for controlling a flow of traffic on a roundabout" was invented by Julia Rainer (Ingolstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a flow of traffic on a roundabout, wherein the flow of traffic is controlled by a traffic control unit by which road users that have entered the roundabout and/or are approaching the roundabout in order to enter it are networked in a network and communicate by way of messages, and wherein, in order to enter, a road user transmits a message containing a request to the traffic control unit provides for ent...