ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,890, issued on June 23, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Systems and methods for responding to a negotiation request for cooperative maneuvering among connected vehicles" was invented by Hao M. Wang (Mountain View, Calif.), Sergei S. Avedisov (Mountain View, Calif.) and Onur Altintas (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ego vehicle includes a controller configured to obtain a maneuver message from a first remote vehicle, which includes a negotiation request related to a maneuver to be performed by the first remote v...