US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Oct. 21 for "System and method for mitigating congestion at traffic signals" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,010, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"System and method for mitigating congestion at traffic signals" was invented by Mohamed A. Layouni (Fraser, Mich.) and Markus Jochim (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for mitigating traffic congestion for a vehicle includes a plurality of vehicle sensors, an automated driving system, and a controller in electrical communication with the plurality of vehicle sensors and the automated driving system. The controller is programmed to determine a traffic signal phase of a traffic signal in an environment surrounding the vehicle using...