ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,876, issued on July 21, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Vehicle and server for quality measurement of a road side unit" was invented by Niklas Puller (Braunschweig, Germany) and Johannes Hartog (Calberlah, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure refers to a vehicle and a sensor, which are configured for a quality measurement of a road side unit. The vehicle comprises at least one sensor, a communication interface, and a controller. The controller is configured for receiving a first message from the RSU via the communication interface, the first message being based on a second sensor value obtained b...