ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,256, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle traveling control apparatus" was invented by Masato Mizoguchi (Tokyo) and Hajime Oyama (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle traveling control apparatus includes an in-vehicle camera, a processor, and a memory. The in-vehicle camera performs imaging to obtain a captured image of a traffic signal outside the vehicle. The processor executes a traffic signal stop control. The processor sets a detection region in the captured image, and extracts information on a reference object in the captured image and records the information in the memory. The detection r...