Patent 11842630 was granted and assigned to Carnegie Mellon University on December, 2023 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Disclosed herein is a virtual pedestrian traffic light (VPTL) system and method that provides an infrastructure-free way to provide the right-of-way to pedestrians at intersections. The invention is most effective when integrated with existing virtual traffic light (VTL) systems to provide complete infrastructure-free control of traffic at intersections.