ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,511, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle control device and vehicle control method thereof" was invented by Shogo Nishizawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control device and a vehicle control method thereof are provided in the disclosure. Whether an autonomous driving assistance device, a steer-by-wire device of a vehicle, or a power supply of the vehicle has malfunctioned are determined. When it is determined that the autonomous driving assistance device, the steer-by-wire device, or the vehicle's power supply has malfunctioned while the vehicle is executing autonomous driving, ...