ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,652, issued on June 3, was assigned to Lyft Inc. (San Francisco).

"Apparatuses, systems, and methods for increasing safety in personal mobility vehicle operation" was invented by Carlos Ellis Whitt (San Francisco), Steven James Martisauskas (San Francisco) and Dor Levi (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed computer-implemented method may include improving safety in operating personal mobility vehicles. The method may track and/or control personal mobility vehicles associated with dynamic transportation networks. The method may improve safety related to PMV operation by taking advantage of the various sources and ...