US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Aug. 12 for "Path generation apparatus and path generation method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,407, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Path generation apparatus and path generation method" was invented by Kazuki Tomioka (Tokyo) and Hiroyasu Kubota (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Path generation apparatus configured to generate target path of own vehicle traveling in own lane, includes: sensor configured to detect objects in surrounding area of own vehicle; and electronic control unit including processor and memory. Electronic control unit is configured to perform: recognizing adjacent vehicle traveling in adjacent lane adjacent to own lane from among detected objects; determining whether ow...