ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,926, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Rear image display apparatus" was invented by Tetsuo Sato (Fukushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear image display apparatus is for displaying a captured rear image of a rear area behind a vehicle. The rear image display apparatus includes a processor; and a memory that includes instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to execute capturing the rear image of the rear area behind the vehicle; rendering the captured rear image, the rear image including an image of a central area and an image of a vicinity area on a left side and a right s...