ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,468, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle control device and vehicle control method" was invented by Eiji Oba (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an environment information acquisition unit that acquires an image in which environment around a vehicle has been imaged, information indicating a contact with the vehicle or an impact on the vehicle, surround sounds, approach identification information for enabling an approach of an emergency vehicle to be identified, and the like as surrounding environment information of the vehicle. A vehicle control processing unit recognizes predetermined ex...