ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,592, issued on July 15, was assigned to Hitachi Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Ranging sensor calibration system and ranging sensor calibration method" was invented by Seiji Imagawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a ranging sensor calibration system that can execute a calibration operation during travel at low cost and without adding a special configuration. This ranging sensor calibration system is provided with a plurality of ranging sensors that are installed facing at least a first direction along a direction of travel of a vehicle and a second direction that is an opposite direction to the first direction, and are configured t...