US Patent Issued to TEXTRON on May 12 for "Vehicle control based on group and location" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,597, issued on May 12, was assigned to TEXTRON INC. (Providence, R.I.).

"Vehicle control based on group and location" was invented by Preston Sering Easley (Martinez, Ga.), Brianna Danielle Harrington (Augusta, Ga.) and Payton Michael Loppnow (Augusta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle system includes processing circuits configured to monitor locations of a plurality of vehicles relative to an area, control operation of a first vehicle of a first group of vehicles in a first group mode of operation when the location indicates that the first vehicle is located in the area, and control operation of a second vehicle of a secon...