ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,952, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle control apparatus for synchronizing event data" was invented by Etsuhiro Yamazaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle control apparatus includes: detection unit including external sensor configured to detect external situation of vehicle; and control unit configured to control vehicle based on external situation detected by external sensor. Detection unit includes first processor and first memory. First processor counts first time, first time being elapsed time from predetermined time. First memory stores external situation and first time in asso...