ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,039, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to AUTOTALKS LTD. (San Diego).

"Method and apparatus for traffic-aware speed guidance based on V2X communications" was invented by Onn Haran (Kfar Netter, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for traffic-aware speed guidance to a self-vehicle acting as a following vehicle vs. a followed vehicle. In a traffic environment that includes a followed vehicle and a self-vehicle that acts as a following vehicle, the apparatus is used to analyze values and change patterns of a plurality of speed inputs to obtain analyzed values, wherein a speed input of the followed vehicle is receive...