ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,661, issued on May 12, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Driving support apparatus" was invented by Yuta Ikezawa (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving support apparatus comprises a camera, and a controller for executing a support control for supporting the vehicle turning at an intersection. The controller stores a prohibited direction in which a road arrow marked on a lane prohibits the vehicle from turning. The controller executes the support control when the controller detects the intersection and a turn direction is not the prohibited direction. The controller deletes the prohibited direction ...