US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Dec. 23 for "System and method for automated vehicle routing into protected lanes" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,136, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"System and method for automated vehicle routing into protected lanes" was invented by Dylan M. Foose (Madison Heights, Mich.), Jason R. Ekelmann (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Connor Alexander Tagg (Berkley, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for initiating automated path planning into a protected lane for a vehicle includes determining a restriction status of the protected lane. The method further may include determining an occupancy status of the vehicle. The method further may include determining a towing status of the vehicle. The method fu...