ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,117, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Control device" was invented by Shinichi Okunishi (Tokyo), Tatsuya Konishi (Tokyo), Akari Yamashima (Tokyo), Nao Tazawa (Tokyo), Keita Akiho (Tokyo), Takeshi Muraji (Tokyo) and Takanori Nishida (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device on a vehicle includes is configured to: detect, based on an output from an imaging device, one end and the other end in a left-right direction of the vehicle, in a first end of a detection target object, the first end being on a side close to the vehicle in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, derive, based on the one e...