ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,315, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle operating assistance system" was invented by Shinya Kudo (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle operating assistance system includes a travel environment recognition unit, a first notification unit, a second notification unit, and an adjustment unit. The travel environment recognition unit recognizes travel environment information of a vehicle including the traffic signal lighting status. The first notification unit issues an advance notification of a change in the lighting status to the driver who drives the vehicle, when the remaining time until the lig...