ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,414, issued on April 15, was assigned to AyDeeKay LLC (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

"Dynamic and selective pairing between proximate vehicles" was invented by Ichiro Aoki (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Shmuel Silverman (Novato, Calif.) and Steven Elliot Stupp (Foster City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit for use in a first vehicle may include: an interface circuit that communicates with a second integrated circuit in a second vehicle; and a processing circuit. During operation, the processing circuit may determine that the second vehicle has better situational awareness for a portion of a road or an environment proximate ...