US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on April 22 for "Attention attracting system and attention attracting method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,716, issued on April 22, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Attention attracting system and attention attracting method" was invented by Masayuki Sato (Wako, Japan) and Takahiro Matsuoka (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attention attracting system includes plural HMI devices notifying occupants; and an attention attracting device notifying the occupants of presence of a risk of contact between a subject vehicle and an object through the HMI devices. The attention attracting device includes a risk identification section identifying a risk level of the risk of the contact and a notification section: executing a...