ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,377, issued on April 7, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling group driving and method thereof" was invented by Yong Kwan Ji (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus for controlling group driving according to as aspect may include an inter-vehicle communication unit for communicating with a leader vehicle to receive the driving state and traveling track of the leader vehicle, a leader vehicle learning unit for learning a driving pattern of the leader vehicle based on the driving state of the leader vehicle received through the inter-vehicle communication un...