ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,724, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"System and method for autonomated vehicle travel" was invented by Shashank Kumar Mehrotra (Campbell, Calif.), Zahra Zahedi (Tempe, Ariz.), Teruhisa Misu (San Jose, Calif.) and Kumar Akash (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated vehicle (AV) is configured to perform automated travel, and includes vehicle sensors configured to detect a second vehicle in a surrounding environment of the AV. The AV includes at least one of a brake mechanism, an accelerator mechanism, a steering control, and a user interface configured to generate a user response ...