US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOBIS on July 21 for "Device and method for controlling vehicle platooning" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,780, issued on July 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device and method for controlling vehicle platooning" was invented by Chang Ho Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method for controlling vehicle platooning are disclosed.The method of controlling a vehicle for assisting leaving from a vehicle platoon. The method comprises receiving a leave-request message including an overtaking intention from a first vehicle included in the vehicle platoon. The method comprises determining approval for the first vehicle to leave based on an expected time required for another vehic...