ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,330, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Latd. (Tokyo).

"Division line recognition apparatus" was invented by Shunsuke Konishi (Wako, Japan) and Ryota Okutsu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A division line recognition apparatus including: a microprocessor and a memory coupled to the microprocessor; and an in-vehicle detection unit irradiating a surrounding of a subject vehicle with an electromagnetic wave to detect an exterior environment situation in the surrounding. The microprocessor is configured to perform recognizing information indicating a division line in a first area separated from the subject vehicle on ...