ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,610, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Samsara Inc. (San Francisco).

"Low-bridge detection by road segment" was invented by Bartosz Bojarowski (Lower Silesian, Poland), Hasan Saifee (San Francisco), Dorian Wysocki (Pomeranian, Poland), Justyna Zwolinska (Wroclaw, Poland), Jordan Gilbertson (Seattle), Justin Pan (San Francisco) and Xicheng Xiong (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solutions are presented for generating alerts when a truck may collide with a bridge. The solution includes a bridge strike avoidance system that offers real-time alerts to drivers about potential low-bridge collisions. By utilizing real-time...