ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,684, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to HERE Global B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Method, apparatus, and system for verifying a lane closure using probe data" was invented by James Adeyemi Fowe (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An approach is disclosed for verifying a lane closure using probe data. The approach involves, for example, receiving probe data collected from a probe device traveling a road link. The approach also involves performing a spatial clustering of the probe data with respect to a longitudinal axis of the road link. The approach further involves comparing the spatial clustering of the probe data to a...