ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,596, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CORNERS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and system for smart evacuation guidance in road tunnel" was invented by Dong Oh Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jang Won Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for smart evacuation guidance in a road tunnel are disclosed. In an embodiment, a guidance device installed within a road tunnel includes: a power supply part; a first safety device activated by power from the power supply part, for guiding evacuation from the road tunnel in a first direction; a second safety device activated by power from the power supply ...