US Patent Issued to Toyota Jidosha on Sept. 8 for "Systems and methods for consensus-based local route planning" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,486, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Systems and methods for consensus-based local route planning" was invented by Jaspal Singh (Hicksville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for local route planning includes a processor and a communication device operable to wirelessly communicate with one or more neighboring vehicles at a location. The processor is operable to send a coordination request based on an intended action of an inquiry vehicle to the neighboring vehicles at the location, determine whether a positive coordination response is received from a coordination vehicle...