ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,680, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Communication within an intelligent transport system for signaling hidden objects" was invented by Isabelle Morvan (Chantepie, France), Brice Le Houerou (Acigne, France), Eric Nassor (Thorigne-Fouillard, France) and Herve Ruellan (Rennes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some embodiments of the disclosure, it is provided a method of communication in an intelligent transport system, ITS. After having perceived an object within an area monitored by the ITS-S, at a first given time, an estimation of a state of the object is obtained at a second given time, if t...