ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,776, issued on March 18, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Control system of vehicle" was invented by Jens Nessler (Offenbach/Am Main, Germany), Marcus Kleinehagenbrock (Offenbach/Am Main, Germany) and Robert Kastner (Frankfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system of a vehicle is provided. The control system includes a travelling plan database, stored with a future first travelling plan of a first vehicle and future second travelling plans of second vehicles, and disclosing the first and second travelling plans to a third party; a long distance communication unit; and a control unit. The control unit...