ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,785, issued on June 30, was assigned to James Soltesz (Potomac, Md.).
"Congestion relief using dynamic lighted road lane markings" was invented by James A. Soltesz (Potomac, Md.) and John Wes Guckert (Towson, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for providing increased traffic carrying capacity of a road, such as a highway, by modifying an existing roadway from, for example, four lanes to five lanes, to create an additional travel lane. The system and method dynamically changes the width of travel lanes using, for example, embedded pavement lights, or other lighting arrangements, in lieu of traditional painted lane ...