ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,363, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"Vehicle control device" was invented by Koichiro Ozaki (Tokyo) and Yoshiyuki Yoshida (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a vehicle control device that uses a target inter-vehicle distance corresponding to a vehicle in front with respect to a travel lane of an ego-vehicle to enable safe travel while securing an inter-vehicle distance that reduces the level of fear the user is made to feel. The vehicle control device 60 calculates the travel lane area (A) of the ego-vehicle mirroring the area (the preceding vehicle blocking area (B) and the...