ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,827, issued on July 15, was assigned to DROMOS GMBH (Munich).
"Autonomous transportation network with junction control method" was invented by Martin Durr (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling a plurality of autonomous vehicles (20) entering a junction (56) from a plurality of inward routes (60a, 60b) and leaving the junction (56) in at least one outward route (65) is disclosed. The method comprises calculating a first time slot (80-1) for entering the junction (56) on a first inward route (60a) wherein the first time slot (80-1) has a first entry time at which the first autonomous vehicle (20-1) enters the j...