ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,832, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Driving assistance device" was invented by Hidenori Nagasaka (Kariya, Japan), Mitsuhiro Nimura (Kariya, Japan) and Keita Ogawa (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a driving assistance device in which when driving assistance for a vehicle is provided, a travel path of the vehicle that takes into account traffic congestion conditions for each lane can be generated and driving assistance based on the travel path can be appropriately provided. Specifically, a planned travel route on which the vehicle travels is obtained, traffic congestion...