ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,123, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Driving assistance system, driving assistance method, and recording medium" was invented by Takanori Sakata (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance system provides driving assistance to a driver in a vehicle which includes a display disposed in front of a driver seat and an electronic side mirror, and includes: a display condition determiner that determines whether a predetermined condition is satisfied in the vehicle driven by the driver; an image processor that generates an overhead image including an area ...