US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA on April 14 for "Dynamic speed limit for vehicles and autonomous vehicles" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,992, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas).

"Dynamic speed limit for vehicles and autonomous vehicles" was invented by Emily Lerner (Plano, Texas), Mathew D. Gardner (Plano, Texas) and Shravanthi Denthumdas (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for operating a vehicle using dynamic speed limits. A vehicle can monitor current road conditions by capturing real-time data that is indicative of a driving environment associated with a roadway being traversed by the vehicle. Using the captured real-time data, the vehicle can predict a dynamic speed limit, ...