ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,463, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Aichi, Japan).
"Driving assistance device" was invented by Mitsuhiro Nimura (Kariya, Japan), Hidenori Nagasaka (Kariya, Japan) and Keita Ogawa (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a driving assistance device that can provide appropriate driving assistance when a vehicle travels at a merge point where a merge into a main lane from an acceleration lane is performed. When a planned travel route on which the vehicle travels has a merge point where a merge into a main lane from an acceleration lane is performed, a location of a front portion of a first distanc...