ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,874, issued on March 31, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Validation of time synchronization" was invented by Mohamed-Saad Abdelhameed (Dachau, Germany) and Manjeet Singh Bilra (Hoerlkofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for validating time synchronization in a communication network of an automated vehicle includes sending a time synchronization message from a master clock to two control units of a first communication network, respectively, wherein the time synchronization message includes a master time; synchronizing a local time of the two control units of the first communication network to t...