US Patent Issued on March 3 for "System and method for autonomously moving a vehicle to safety in response to detected hazards" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,238, issued on March 3.

"System and method for autonomously moving a vehicle to safety in response to detected hazards" was invented by Kenneth A. Honer (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Sarah C. Honer (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for autonomously relocating a vehicle in response to a detected hazard. Sensor data is received from one or more sensors configured to detect hazardous conditions, and is analyzed to determine whether a hazardous condition exists. A determination is made as to whether any obstructions are present in a predetermined movement path of the vehicle to a predetermined safe locat...