ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,279, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Driving assistance apparatus" was invented by Makoto Katayama (Tokyo), Koki Kazama (Tokyo) and Daiki Haratake (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance apparatus configured to perform a driving assistance for a first vehicle and a second vehicle traveling at an intersection where no traffic light is installed. The driving assistance apparatus includes an electronic control unit including a microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor is configured to perform: recognizing a surrounding environment around the first vehicle; determining a presence or a...