ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,491, issued on May 20, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Vehicle control system and vehicle control device" was invented by Kosuke Hasegawa (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control system includes a vehicle control device and a center device. When inappropriate information is received, the vehicle control device is configured to set a second stop position for stopping an autonomous driving vehicle as a target vehicle. The vehicle control device is configured to transmit at least position information of the target vehicle to the center device and acquire a first stop position."

The patent was filed ...