ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,460, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Control device, control method, and storage medium" was invented by Kotaro Fujimura (Wako, Japan), Atsushi Kato (Wako, Japan), Shigenobu Saigusa (Wako, Japan), Gakuyo Fujimoto (Wako, Japan), Misako Yoshimura (Wako, Japan) and Masamitsu Tsuchiya (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device is configured to perform: performing a first process when an index value indicating a degree of closeness to a risky object which is present in front of a mobile object is less than a first threshold value; performing a second process when the index value is equal...