US Patent Issued on Jan. 20 for "Systems and methods for performing remedial actions when a road is flooded" (Michigan, Nebraska, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,488, issued on Jan. 20.

"Systems and methods for performing remedial actions when a road is flooded" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), Jonathan Hair (Northville, Mich.), Eliza Rose Bifano (Avon, Conn.), Matthew Penne (Pierce, Neb.) and Michael Alan Mcnees (Flat Rock, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a detection unit and a processor is disclosed. The detection unit may be configured to capture inputs associated with a road in proximity to the vehicle. The processor may be configured to detect a presence of a fluid on the road and a presence of an object in proximity to the fluid based on the inputs ...