ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,775, issued on March 18, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Platooning control apparatus and method" was invented by Dong Hoon Mok (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platooning control apparatus may include: a navigation unit configured to guide an ego vehicle to a destination set by a driver; a driving module configured to drive the ego vehicle; and a control unit configured to primarily select platooning groups based on the destination set in the navigation unit, analyze platooning information of the primarily selected platooning groups, finally decide any one of the primarily sel...