US Patent Issued to DENSO on July 29 for "Map data generation device, in-vehicle equipment, and map data generation method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,372, issued on July 29, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Map data generation device, in-vehicle equipment, and map data generation method" was invented by Shigehiro Muto (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A map data generation device includes a start section setting unit configured to set a start section in a first lane, an end section setting unit configured to set an end section in a second lane, a first storage control unit configured to cause crossing travel track data from the start section to the end section to be stored in a crossing travel track data storage unit, a travelable range data generating uni...