US Patent Issued to Peloton Technology on Feb. 3 for "System and method for implementing pre-cognition braking and/or avoiding or mitigation risks among platooning vehicles" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,204, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Peloton Technology Inc. (Pacific Grove, Calif.).

"System and method for implementing pre-cognition braking and/or avoiding or mitigation risks among platooning vehicles" was invented by Joshua P. Switkes (Mountain View, Calif.), Stephen M. Erlien (Mountain View, Calif.) and Lorenz Laubinger (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for mitigating or avoiding risks due to hazards encountered by platooning vehicles. The system and method involve interrogating, with one or more sensors, a space radially extending from a lead vehicle as the lead vehicle travels over the road s...