ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,410, issued on May 5, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Driver assistance apparatus" was invented by Isamu Nagasawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver assistance apparatus includes an environment recognition unit, a travel state detection unit, a driver assistance control unit, and a driving skill estimation unit. The driver assistance control unit makes a driver assistance control based on an output of the environment recognition unit regarding the environment and an output of the travel state detection unit regarding travel state. The driver assistance control includes assisting a driver in driving in one or both of ...