US Patent Issued on May 12 for "In-ground crosswalk control and signal system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,586, issued on May 12.

"In-ground crosswalk control and signal system" was invented by Rosa Duran (San Pedro, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and an apparatus provide an in-ground pedestrian crosswalk signaling actuator. An in-ground crosswalk control and signaling (ICCS) apparatus displays a crosswalk signal status and enables a pedestrian seeking to cross a street to depress the in-ground actuator button to change a signal status from a STOP signal to a GO signal. When a traffic signal controller of the ICCS apparatus detects a street-level button actuation, the controller initiates a status change countdown. In respo...