ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,112, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Driving assistance device, driving assistance method, and recording medium" was invented by Takaaki Seki (Osaka Fu, Japan), Koichi Emura (Kanagawa Ken, Japan) and Masataka Kato (Kanagawa Ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance device includes a processor connected to a memory. The processor detects a latent recognition region that is unconsciously recognized by a human in an entire imaging region of a captured image. The captured image is captured by an external camera that is provided in a mobile body. The capture...