ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,380, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Traveling control apparatus" was invented by Takuma Sudo (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traveling control apparatus detects a target object that is present ahead in a travelling direction of an own vehicle and is not present in an own traffic lane or within an own vehicle width. This control apparatus detects a relative speed of the target object relative to the own vehicle along the travelling direction. The control apparatus sets a target acceleration of the own vehicle along the travelling direction. The control apparatus enables the own vehicle...