ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,394, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Driving skill evaluation method, driving skill evaluation system, and non-transitory recording medium" was invented by Takeshi Torii (Tokyo) and Noeru Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving skill evaluation method according to one embodiment of the disclosure includes: generating a kernel density estimation image, based on time-series data of a first parameter corresponding to a direction change in a traveling direction of a vehicle, and time-series data of a second parameter indicating a square of a jerk in the traveling direction of the vehicle; and evalua...