ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,131, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany).

"Method of a control center for operating an automated vehicle and automated vehicle" was invented by Andreas Pfadler (Berlin) and Guillaume Jornod (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of a control center for operating an automated transportation vehicle and an automated transportation vehicle allowing operation by the control center. The method includes reception of a request message for driving assistance and information on a traffic scenario of the automated transportation vehicle; determination by the control center at least one command for a maneuver of ...