ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,379, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Staggering determination device, staggering determination method, and storage medium" was invented by Kota Kitamura (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The staggering determination device includes a staggering determination unit that determines whether or not there is a fluctuation in traveling of the own vehicle, and in a case where there is a target in the vicinity of the own vehicle traveling and a face or a line of sight of the driver of the own vehicle is directed to the target, the threshold value changing unit changes the fluctuation determ...