ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,015, issued on July 29, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle control apparatus" was invented by Yuki Tsuboi (Wako, Japan) and Yuki Kizumi (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control apparatus for controlling a subject vehicle includes: an exterior environment detection unit configured to an external situation in a predetermined area around the subject vehicle while the subject vehicle traveling; and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: recognizing a pair of right and left division lines that define the lane in which the subject vehicle is traveling based on a detection val...