US Patent Issued to Hitachi Astemo on Dec. 9 for "Vehicle control system, vehicle control device, and vehicle control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,847, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Vehicle control system, vehicle control device, and vehicle control method" was invented by Masato Kasai (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Keiichiro Nagatsuka (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a vehicle control system, a vehicle control device, and a vehicle control method that are highly safe and prevent an own vehicle from suddenly starting during a two-stage stop. A vehicle control system 1 includes an external environment recognition unit 120 that recognizes external environment information that is information o...