ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,983, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Qualcomm Auto Ltd. (San Diego).

"Vehicle control system" was invented by Thomas Lyngfelt (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a vehicle control system (2) comprising a control unit arrangement (3) and at least one sensor arrangement (4, 5) in an ego vehicle (1). The sensor arrangement (4, 5) is adapted to provide sensor information for one preceding target vehicle (6) and surrounding target vehicles (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) separate from the preceding target vehicle (6). The control unit arrangement (3) is adapted to control an ego vehicle speed (v1) i...