ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. RE51,094, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Notification device and vehicle using same" was invented by Toshio Nakakuki (Gifu, Japan) and Takao Mizuguchi (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An application processing unit executes an application that is performed as a notification device mounted in a vehicle. In the application processing unit, an input unit acquires information indicating that the vehicle is receiving driving assistance. In the application processing unit, an output unit outputs notifications to other vehicles in accordance with the information t...