ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,884, issued on June 23.

"Systems and methods to group and move vehicles cooperatively to mitigate anomalous driving behavior" was invented by Seyhan Ucar (Mountain View, Calif.), Baik Hoh (Mountain View, Calif.) and Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure includes embodiments for transforming anomalous behavior into model behavior to mitigate the anomalous behavior. In some embodiments, a method includes analyzing sensor data to identify an occurrence of anomalous behavior in a roadway environment. The method includes determining a model behavior which is non-anomalous. The method includes ...