US Patent Issued to DENSO on July 21 for "Automated driving control apparatus and automated driving control program" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,415, issued on July 21, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Automated driving control apparatus and automated driving control program" was invented by Takuya Kume (Kariya-city, Japan) and Kazuki Izumi (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated driving control apparatus that enables traveling of a subject vehicle using an automated driving function is configured to grasp whether a driver of the subject vehicle grips a steering wheel, permit a transition from a driving assistance control with obligation for the driver to grip the steering wheel to an autonomous travel control, and cause a start notificati...