ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,851, issued on May 13, was assigned to AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH & TESTING CENTER (Changhua Hsien, Taiwan).

"Autonomous vehicle communication safety system and method thereof" was invented by Wei-Xuan Chang (Changhua Hsien, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous vehicle communication safety system includes a vehicle-mounted communication device and a terminal communication device. At least two communication channels are established between the vehicle-mounted communication device and the terminal communication device. At least one vehicle-mounted processor of the vehicle-mounted communication device generates a key, stores the...