US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on June 23 for "Intelligent vehicle routing for improved driving safety" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,279, issued on June 23, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Intelligent vehicle routing for improved driving safety" was invented by Jerry John Maestas (Trophy Club, Texas) and Rory Scott Gossling (Boerne, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of intelligently routing vehicles to improve driving safety is disclosed. The method includes monitoring biometric information to learn when a driver may be stressed in response to an external condition. The method further includes generating routes for the driver that avoid, or limit, the driver's exposure to the external condition. The learnin...