ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,375, issued on July 22, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Vehicle and route monitoring system" was invented by Matthew Vrba (Marion, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided that may include a controller having one or more processors. The one or more processors may control movement of a vehicle system along a route, and determine a restriction in speed of the vehicle system at a switch point. The one or more processors may determine a direction of movement of the vehicle system based on the restriction in the speed at the switch point."

The patent was filed on Oct. 19, 2021, under Appl...