ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,312, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Driving assistance device" was invented by Atsushi Ogahara (Tokyo), Tsubasa Nose (Tokyo), Masaki Nakagawara (Tokyo), Kiyotaka Sakai (Tokyo) and Hiroshi Maeda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance device includes a surrounding situation recognizing portion that recognizes a surrounding situation of the saddle-type vehicle, a driving condition recognizing portion that recognizes a driving condition of the saddle-type vehicle, and a control portion. When the saddle-type vehicle is recognized as traveling along a curved road, the control portion det...