US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on March 11 for "Path generation apparatus and path generation method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,710, issued on March 11, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Path generation apparatus configured to generate target travel path of own vehicle traveling in travel lane, includes: external sensor mounted on own vehicle and configured to detect external situation centered on advancing direction of own vehicle; vehicle speed sensor configured to detect travel speed of own vehicle; and electronic control unit including processor and memory coupled to processor. Electronic co...