ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,376, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle control apparatus" was invented by Yuki Kizumi (Wako, Japan), Umiaki Matsubara (Wako, Japan), Takahiro Fujita (Wako, Japan) and Yuhi Goto (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control apparatus includes a microprocessor and an exterior environment detection unit configured to detect an exterior environment situation in a predetermined region around the subject vehicle. The microprocessor is configured to perform: recognizing a division line defining a lane of a road on which the subject vehicle travels based on a detection value of the exte...