US Patent Issued to Peloton Technology on July 1 for "Devices, systems, and methods for remote authorization of vehicle platooning" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,427, issued on July 1, was assigned to Peloton Technology Inc. (Pacific Grove, Calif.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for remote authorization of vehicle platooning" was invented by Brian E. Smartt (Los Gatos, Calif.), Charles A. Price (Los Altos, Calif.) and Joshua P. Switkes (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for coordinating and controlling vehicles, for example heavy trucks, to follow closely behind each other, or linking to form a platoon. In one aspect, on-board controllers in each vehicle interact with vehicular sensors to monitor and control, for example, relative distance, relative acce...