ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,261, issued on March 3, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Detecting device and detection position calculating device" was invented by Tomokazu Tojo (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are: a detecting device that efficiently detects objects present around a vehicle; and a detection position calculating device. The detecting device includes: a forward detecting unit that is disposed in the proximity of a front portion of one side portion of a pair of side portions of a cab disposed at a front portion of a vehicle, and that detects an object present in a detection range spreading to the front of a detect...