US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems on June 23 for "Obstacle detection device, obstacle detection method, and computer-readable medium" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,540, issued on June 23, 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) and Seisuke Yamada (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An obstacle detection device according to the present disclosure includes: a transmission circuit, which, in operation, transmits a transmitted wave signal subjected to frequency modulation; a reception circuit, which, in operation, receives a signal externally; an object detection circuit, which, in operation, detects an object existing in a...