US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on Sept. 30 for "Electronic control device and vehicle control system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,021, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Electronic control device and vehicle control system" was invented by Koichi Ando (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an electronic control device and a vehicle control system capable of reducing a calculation amount and improving reliability of a travel route of a vehicle as compared with a conventional course setting device. An electronic control device 200 is mounted on a vehicle 100. The electronic control device 200 includes a map processing device 210 connected to an external sensor 110 that recognizes an obstacle ar...