US Patent Issued to Waymo on Jan. 13 for "Modifying speed of an autonomous vehicle based on traffic conditions" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,211, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Modifying speed of an autonomous vehicle based on traffic conditions" was invented by David I. Ferguson (San Francisco) and Dmitri A. Dolgov (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to speed control in an autonomous vehicle. For example, an autonomous vehicle may include a user interface which allows the driver to input speed preferences. These preferences may include the maximum speed above the speed limit the user would like the autonomous vehicle to drive when other vehicles are present and driving above ...