US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOBIS on Sept. 15 for "Apparatus and method for platooning control" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,168, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for platooning control" was invented by Young Kwan Ji (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a platooning control apparatus and control method, the apparatus including a communication unit obtaining performance information and sensing information of a controller for platooning and a control unit granting at least vehicle among plurality of vehicles platooning control authority based on the performance information and in response to determination that a vehicle in which the control unit is provided is ...