ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,850, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Vehicle control system" was invented by Jeffrey D. Kernwein (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Jeremy Blackwell (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), James D. Brooks (Schenectady, N.Y.) and Hullas Sehgal (Niskayuna, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method can include determining a location of a locating device disposed onboard a vehicle system, identify a size of the vehicle system, calculate a duration that the vehicle system has been blocking or will be blocking an intersection between at least two intersecting routes based at least in part on the locati...