US Patent Issued to Nissan Motor on July 1 for "Driving assistance method and driving assistance device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,238, issued on July 1, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Driving assistance method and driving assistance device" was invented by Kibum Cho (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masahiro Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving assistance device includes: a sensor (camera) configured to detect an object in front of a host vehicle; and a controller. The controller sets a detection range of the sensor (camera), and when the host vehicle is stopped, the controller extends the detection range in a vehicle width direction as compared with when the host vehicle is traveling following the preceding vehicle....