ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,058, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Cavnue Technology LLC (Arlington, Va.).

"Dynamic access and egress of railroad right of way" was invented by Mathew O'Sullivan (Evanston, Ill.) and David Kiley (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for allowing vehicles access or egress from a dedicated roadway. In some implementations, a system includes a server, an interface, and sensors. The interface receives data from a railroad system that manages a railroad running parallel to a first roadway. The sensors are positioned in a location relati...