ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,046, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Motional AD LLC (Boston).
"Passenger support system" was invented by Felice Ling (Cambridge, Mass.), Linh Pham (Cambridge, Mass.) and Moira Doherty (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Among other things, techniques are described for a passenger support system. In an example, a reported number of passengers associated with on-demand mobility transportation services is obtained in response to passengers opting-in to a passenger support system. The reported number of passengers is compared with a vehicle detected number of passengers. In response to the reported number of passengers being unequ...