US Patent Issued to Nissan Motor on May 19 for "Vehicle driving support method and driving support device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,163, issued on May 19, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Vehicle driving support method and driving support device" was invented by Yasuhisa Hayakawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance method for a vehicle comprises: suspending autonomous lane change control when a driver's steering operation input during execution of the autonomous lane change control satisfies a predetermined suspension condition; executing first autonomous lane change control, which is executed regardless of an indication of the driver's intention, without confirming the indication of the driver's intention;...