ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,482, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle control apparatus" was invented by Jens Nessler (Offenbach/Am Main, Germany) and Marcus Kleinehagenbrock (Offenbach/Am Main, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control apparatus includes an actuator used for traveling and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: recognizing a road traffic sign installed on a driving path of a subject vehicle and a curved road based on a curvature of the driving path on a forward side in an advancing direction; and setting a target driving speed of the subject vehicle on the driving path....