ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,807, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Apparatus, method, and recording medium" was invented by Yosuke Kimura (Tokyo), Nana Jumonji (Tokyo) and Chisato Sugawara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to acquire an image suitable for driving instruction while reducing the image acquisition load, and to use the acquired image to output information relating to the driving of the driver of a vehicle, a driving information output device according to the present invention comprises: a communication means that communicates with an image acquisition device mounted on a vehicle; an information acquisition means th...