ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,608, issued on March 17, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Magnetic induction communication-based vehicle control apparatus and method" was invented by Yue Zhou (Hangzhou, China), Rong Li (Hangzhou, China) and Jun Wang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic induction communication-based vehicle control apparatus and method are disclosed. The apparatus includes a first coil, a processor, and a communications interface. The first coil receives a signal of second coils laid along a lane. There is a preset relative location relationship between the first coil and the second coils. When ...