US Patent Issued to University of Alaska Anchorage on Oct. 7 for "Method and system for enhancing intersection safety" (Alaska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,521, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to University of Alaska Anchorage (Anchorage, Alaska).

"Method and system for enhancing intersection safety" was invented by Vinod Vasudevan (Anchorage, Alaska) and Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali (Anchorage, Alaska).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods and systems for improving the safety of an intersection. One or more sensor readings can be received. The one or more sensor readings can be compared to one or more thresholds. A signal can be provided to one or more lighting devices based on whether the one or more sensor readings satisfy the one or more thresholds."

The patent was file...