US Patent Issued to DENSO on Oct. 7 for "Control device, automatic valet parking facility, and method for performing action according to characteristics of vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,641, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Control device, automatic valet parking facility, and method for performing action according to characteristics of vehicle" was invented by Masatake Wada (Kariya, Japan), Kodai Yamaura (Kariya, Japan) and Takamasa Hidaka (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for an automatic valet parking facility includes: an in-advance obtainment unit configured to obtain, before the vehicle arrives at a specific position on a route to a parking area where automated driving for parking is performed according to a guidance of the control device, (i) characte...