US Patent Issued on Jan. 20 for "Secure vehicle communications architecture for improved blind spot and driving distance detection" (Italian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,180, issued on Jan. 20.

"Secure vehicle communications architecture for improved blind spot and driving distance detection" was invented by Antonino Mondello (Messina, Italy) and Alberto Troia (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are techniques for improving an advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) using a secure channel area. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising establishing a secure channel area extending from at least one side of a first vehicle; detecting a presence of a second vehicle in the secure channel area; establishing a secure connection with the second vehicle upon detecting the presence; ex...