ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,751, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to INTELLIGENT DYNAMICS LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Distributed management and control in autonomous conveyances" was invented by Michael Anthony Staszel (Dearborn, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed subject matter identifies, characterizes, and mitigates previously unforeseen safety hazards that are likely to be encountered by autonomous conveyances-finding these hazards, assessing their potential safety impact, modifying the design to mitigate them should they occur, disseminating updated design programming to all units, including those under construction or those already in the field, a...