US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on Nov. 4 for "Data extraction device, data extraction method, and data transmission device for extracting images for transmission not including an obstruction" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,571, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Data extraction device, data extraction method, and data transmission device for extracting images for transmission not including an obstruction" was invented by Kohei Kamada (Tokyo), Hideki Fukuhara (Tokyo) and Masahiro Nakatsukasa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data extraction device, which extracts an image for transmission from images obtained by capturing surroundings outside a vehicle with an imaging device mounted on the vehicle each time the vehicle travels an extraction distance, includes: processing circuitry configured to acquire an image ob...