ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,579, issued on March 11.

"AI-based vehicle cybersecurity with 5G/6G sub-network topology" was invented by David E. Newman (Poway, Calif.) and R. Kemp Massengill (Palos Verdea, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cybersecurity is a critical requirement for current and future vehicles, to protect against catastrophic cyber attacks. Vehicles today (including land vehicles, waterborne vehicles, and aircraft including such embodiments as airplanes, helicopters, and air taxis) are constructed with myriad separate sensors and actuators, which generally have only limited cyber protections-a worrying vulnerability. Therefore, procedures ar...