US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Oct. 14 for "Attention attracting system and attention attracting method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,352, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Attention attracting system and attention attracting method" was invented by Masayuki Sato (Wako, Japan) and Takahiro Matsuoka (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attention attracting system includes HMI devices that are mounted on a subject vehicle; and an attention attracting device that transmits, to a driver, a possibility of contact between the subject vehicle and an object through the HMI devices. The attention attracting device includes a processor that identifies a risk position at which the contact occurs and a risk level of the contact, estima...