US Patent Issued to Hitachi Astemo on April 15 for "Electronic control apparatus, control method, and automated driving system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,411, issued on April 15, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Electronic control apparatus, control method, and automated driving system" was invented by Daisuke Mashimo (Tokyo) and Keisuke Ampo (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic control device apparatus includes a storage apparatus, a communication apparatus, and a processing apparatus. The processing apparatus determines, based on the level of the shape data included in external map information acquired by the communication apparatus, one of the plurality of control modes with different control methods of the vehicle as the control mode of the ...