ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,752, issued on June 24, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Pedestrian crossing management using autonomous vehicles" was invented by Oswaldo Perez Barrera (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Gerardo Morales (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and methods are presented regarding utilizing technology onboard an vehicle to minimize road traffic accidents between pedestrians and cars. The vehicle can be operating in any of an autonomous, partially autonomous, or non-autonomous manner. By utilizing on-board technology, a vehicle can detect both a pedestrian crossing a road as well as other vehicles ...