US Patent Issued to Hitachi Astemo on July 28 for "Vehicle control system externality recognition device and vehicle control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,689, issued on July 28, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Vehicle control system externality recognition device and vehicle control method" was invented by Jyunya Iizuka (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Takashi Okada (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control system includes a first and a second sensor type; and a processor configured to detect a target around a vehicle using the first type sensor and the second type sensor; obtain, from the first type sensor, first detection information and obtain, from the second type sensor, second detection information. The second type sensor has a longe...