US Patent Issued to DENSO on Oct. 14 for "Distance estimation device and distance estimation system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,907, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Distance estimation device and distance estimation system" was invented by Naohito Takasuka (Nisshin, Japan), Youichiro Suzuki (Nisshin, Japan) and Kenichirou Sanji (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distance estimation device includes a mobile terminal transmitting a radio wave and an in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device includes a direction determination unit having a receiver, a distance measurement unit, and a correction unit. The receiver receives the radio wave and is arranged on a side of the vehicle. The direction determination unit determi...