ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,370, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Merge assist apparatus" was invented by Hideaki Kato (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A merge assist apparatus to be applied to a vehicle includes a receiver, a processor, and a transmitter. The receiver is configured to receive a first request signal including merging point data regarding a position of a merging point at which a first vehicle plans to merge. The processor is configured to determine whether the vehicle is able to decelerate to a speed less than or equal to a predetermined speed before the vehicle reaches the merging point, based on the merging point ...