ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,116, issued on March 18, was assigned to HL Klemove Corp. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Driver assistance system and driver assistance method" was invented by Seunghun Cheon (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver assistance system includes: an infrared camera provided in a vehicle and configured to acquire infrared image data; a radar sensor provided in the vehicle and configured to acquire radar data; and a controller configured to process at least one of the infrared image data or the radar data, wherein the controller is configured to: identify a target object approaching in a lateral direction from an outsi...