US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on April 15 for "Electronic control device for estimating a presence of a vehicle incapable of performing vehicle-to-vehicle communication ahead of a communication partner vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,407, issued on April 15, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Electronic control device for estimating a presence of a vehicle incapable of performing vehicle-to-vehicle communication ahead of a communication partner vehicle" was invented by Isao Kowase (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electronic control device that estimates a presence of a vehicle incapable of performing vehicle-to-vehicle communication ahead of a communication partner vehicle is estimated.An electronic control device 30 detects, on map data, an intersection 60 located ahead in a traveling direction of a host ve...