ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,055, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Systems and methods for intelligent traffic control" was invented by Gregory D. Hansen (San Antonio), Will Kerns Maney (San Antonio) and William P. Culbertson II (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent traffic control system may be configured to manage autonomous vehicle traffic, such as by communicating with autonomous vehicles. The intelligent traffic control system may be configured to output an indication of a traffic control command to autonomous vehicles and non-autonomous vehicles. The intelligent traffic cont...