ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,651, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Method and apparatus for controlling platooning" was invented by Chang Ho Cho (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for a leading vehicle for controlling platoon separation in platooning and lane change of a platoon. The method includes performing platooning in a platoon, separating an existing platoon into a plurality of platoons according to a request or need for platoon separation, determining whether it is possible to change a lane of the separated platoon to which the leading vehicle belongs, transmitting lane ch...