ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,447, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Risk prediction determination device and risk prediction determination program product" was invented by Hideyuki Honya (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A risk prediction determination device includes a predicted traveling route specifying unit, a risk location specifying unit, and a risk prediction determination unit. The predicted traveling route specifying unit specifies a predicted traveling route of a subject vehicle based on traveling lane information indicating a traveling lane of the subject vehicle, road type information indicating a type of a ...