ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,522, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Driving support apparatus" was invented by Eiji Nunobiki (Mishima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving support apparatus is configured to perform an alert to a driver of a host vehicle when there is an approaching vehicle that is located in an alert area set in a front side area or a rear side area of the host vehicle and is approaching the host vehicle. The driving support apparatus determines whether or not there is a median strip between the host vehicle and the approaching vehicle, when there is the approaching vehicle. The driving support ap...