ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,114, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Vehicle device and vehicle control method" was invented by Noriaki Ichida (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A First sensor unit is operable when supplied with electric power from a first power supply unit to detect a front obstacle in front of a vehicle and to detect lateral position information on a position of the vehicle in a road width direction. A first control device is operable when supplied with electric power from the first power supply unit to control the vehicle based on a detection result of the first sensor unit. A second sensor unit is ope...