ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,800, issued on June 23, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Remote assistance apparatus, remote assistance system, program, and remote assistance method" was invented by Shota Niiuchi (Kariya-city, Japan), Yasunobu Sugiura (Kariya-city, Japan) and Masato Matsumoto (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote assistance device includes an obtainer, a display, a control information generator, and a display controller. The obtainer receives image information from a target vehicle that is remotely operated. The image information includes an image produced by capturing a surround view of the target vehicle. T...