ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,019, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Vehicle control system and method" was invented by Derek K. Woo (Melbourne, Fla.), James D. Brooks (Schenectady, N.Y.), Manthram Sivasubramaniam (Bengaluru, India), Sanketh Bhat (Bengarulu, India), Sahil Modi (Bengarulu, India) and Jayeshkumar Jayanarayan Barve (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control system an onboard controller device to interface with a propulsion system and a brake system. A remote controller device wirelessly communicates with the onboard controller device and receives input from an operator, gener...