ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,717, issued on March 17, was assigned to JVCKENWOOD Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Driving assistance apparatus" was invented by Koichi Yoshizawa (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance apparatus of the present embodiment is a driving assistance apparatus to be attached to a handlebar of a mobile body, the driving assistance apparatus including: a housing unit configured to hold a mobile information terminal; and a drive recorder unit configured to record surroundings of a driver of the mobile body, the drive recorder unit being provided on a back side of the housing unit when seen from a driver of the mobile...