US Patent Issued to TORC Robotics on Nov. 4 for "Methods and systems for reducing vehicle delay based on movement prediction" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,485, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TORC Robotics Inc. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"Methods and systems for reducing vehicle delay based on movement prediction" was invented by Rikki Valverde (Bala Cynwyd, Pa.) and Lorenzo Tarsitano (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include monitoring, by a processor associated with an autonomous vehicle, a status of a traffic light. The method may include monitoring, by the processor, a movement status of at least one vehicle within a same lane as the autonomous vehicle, the at least one vehicle having a stationary position in relation to the traffic light. The method may incl...