US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems on July 14 for "Obstacle detection device, obstacle detection method, and computer-readable medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,174, issued on July 14, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Obstacle detection device, obstacle detection method, and computer-readable medium" was invented by Atsushi Takahata (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An obstacle detection device including: a plurality of ranging sensors configured to transmit ultrasonic waves and receive reflected waves thereof, and disposed on a vehicle to be spaced in a vehicle width direction; a camera disposed on the vehicle and configured to acquire an image corresponding to detection areas of the plurality of ranging sensors; and a control circuit conf...