ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,145, issued on April 29, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Vehicle control system" was invented by Ankit Mathur (Bengaluru, India), Milan Karunaratne (Orange, Calif.), Anthony D. Paul (Anchorage, Alaska) and Jeremiah Dirnberger (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system is provided that may include a first sensor configured to detect a vehicle system. The control system may also include one or more processors in communication with the first sensor. The one or more processors may be configured to receive communication related to entry of the vehicle system into an area, and opera...