ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,720, issued on March 17, was assigned to Vay Technology GmbH (Berlin).

"Phased minimum risk maneuver for teleoperated vehicles" was invented by Thomas von der Ohe (Berlin), Fabrizio Scelsi (Berlin), Bogdan Djukic (Berlin), Martin Scholl (Berlin), Karsten Gordon (Berlin) and Norbert Bierhals (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a teleoperated vehicle is provided, in particular for a shared mobility service. The method includes: driving the vehicle via a teleoperator station using a network; and determining a disturbance within said network. The method also includes starting a first braking maneuver for slow...