ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,237, issued on April 8, was assigned to Itron Inc. (Liberty Lake, Wash.).
"Pedestrian and vehicle congestion relief system" was invented by James Lee Kann (Mica, Wash.) and Mark K. Cornwall (Spokane, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for managing pedestrian and vehicular congestion are described herein. In an example, a congestion event at a location is identified. The congestion event may be a sporting event, entertainment event, road construction event, etc. A primary route to or from the congestion event is identified. In examples, a primary route conveys traffic to the location, and may be associated with commenceme...