ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,352, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle driving support device" was invented by Yuichi Takehira (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The driving support ECU calculates a first avoidance path for avoiding collision between the host vehicle and the continuous structure only by automatic braking, a second avoidance path for avoiding collision between the host vehicle and the continuous structure by forward automatic steering, and a third avoidance path for avoiding collision between the host vehicle and the continuous structure by reverse automatic steering when it is determined t...