ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,461, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Systems and methods for verifying vehicle data" was invented by Emily Lerner (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for verifying vehicle data are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes clustering a plurality of vehicle types into a plurality of vehicle clusters based at least in part on vehicle characteristics, receiving vehicle data from a vehicle, assigning the vehicle to an individual vehicle cluster of the vehicle clusters, determining one or more digital twins also assigned to the individual cluster, comparing the ve...