ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,091, issued on April 21, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Rear view image display system" was invented by Nobunori Kudo (Fukushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rear view image display system to display tractor's rear view image with less blind corners naturally is provided. Of parts of region of rear view image captured by tractor rear camera situated on tractor rear portion, the region being shielded by trailer, parts, view within which in directions from tractor rear camera to themselves is image-captured by trailer's side cameras without being shielded by trailer are replaced with images transformed from im...