ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,911, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HITACHI LTD. (Tokyo).
"Autonomous travel control system" was invented by Satoshi Otsuka (Tokyo) and Tasuku Ishigooka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous travel control system having a vehicle control system that is mounted in a vehicle and that controls automatic driving of the vehicle, and a safety monitoring system for monitoring a field F, are connected so as to enable communication. The safety monitoring system is provided with: a monitoring processing unit for recognizing an object and creating outside world recognition information; a reception unit for receiving automatic dr...