ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,410, issued on May 27, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Germany).

"Method, apparatus and computer program for a vehicle" was invented by Bernd Rech (Bokensdorf, Germany), Sandra Kleinau (Rotgesbuttel, Germany) and Andreas Pfadler (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, an apparatus, and a computer program for a transportation vehicle to determine positions of other transportation vehicles based on received collective perception messages. The method includes receiving one or more collective perception messages providing information on an absolute position of a transportation vehicle generating the collective perception message ...