ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,063, issued on May 26, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"Vehicle control device" was invented by Takayuki Saito (Tokyo) and Masashi Seimiya (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control device 200 comprises: a marker detection unit 206 that uses a radio wave receiver 116 provided in a vehicle and receives a radio wave from a marker placed at a predetermined point to detect the marker; a vehicle behavior modification unit 210 that modifies a vehicle behavior such that the marker detection unit 206 detects the marker; a storage unit 204 that stores in advance a position of the marker; and a positional ...