ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,587, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for carrying out a plausibility check of a transmitted traffic light signal at an intersection system" was invented by Holger Mindt (Steinheim A. D. Murr, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for carrying out a plausibility check of a transmitted traffic light signal at an intersection system. The method includes: receiving a transmitted traffic light signal, wherein the traffic light signal represents a current traffic light phase of a traffic light of the intersection system and an associated lane; acquiring a traffic flow that crosses ...