US Patent Issued to HERE GLOBAL on Feb. 18 for "Predicting traffic violation hotspots using map features and sensors data" (German, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,139, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to HERE GLOBAL B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Predicting traffic violation hotspots using map features and sensors data" was invented by Amarnath Nayak (Mumbai, India) and Jerome Beaurepaire (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods for determining traffic violation hotspots based on roadway feature and/or sensor data. Traffic violation hotspots include, for example areas where traffic violations are more likely to occur such as traffic light jumping, wrong way driving, over speeding, not wearing seatbelt, avoiding stop signs and red lights, distracted driving, passing other vehic...