US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems America on Feb. 17 for "Secure controller area network in vehicles" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,400, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems America LLC (Peachtree City, Ga.).

"Secure controller area network in vehicles" was invented by Kumaresh Kalaiselvam (Peachtree City, Ga.) and Muthuganesan Muthiah (Peachtree City, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes generating a first key with a first electronic controller unit (ECU) dedicated to control a first electronic component of the vehicle in response to receiving power at the first ECU, sending the first key to a second ECU dedicated to its own respective electronic component, organizing a second key received from the second ECU in a messa...